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   Ray | May 06, 2006 05:48am | #1

   Have you checked Klockit?

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   bass | May 06, 2006 06:07am | #2

   Thanks for responding so fast. I am quite sure I was in touch with Klockit, but I will try again.

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   Ray | May 06, 2006 06:46am | #3

   I just purchased a bunch of clock movements from them, happened to remember seeing music box movements in their catalog, and Klockit isn't very expensive. ;-)  Hope you find what you're looking for.

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   bass | May 12, 2006 06:53am | #10

   I found exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

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   hammer1 | May 06, 2006 06:21pm | #4

   I think Sanyko/Seiki Orpheus and Reuge are the most commonly available movements. I used a 30 note movement from Rockler that sounds good. Part of the sound issue is where and how the movement is mounted. Asking for great sound and an inexpensive price don't go together. Most movements sound more robust when solidly mounted.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   bass | May 12, 2006 06:39am | #7

   You are so right, I do not think I tried the movements the way they should have been tried. I put it on the kitchen table & turned it on. I think I was having a senior moment. Thanks for your input.

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   TomHigby | May 06, 2006 08:32pm | #5

   I've had good results with the Sankyo 30 note movement, at cost of about 70 to 80 $.  If you didn't test your movement while it was sitting on a proper sounding board then you might be surprised at how loud it can be.  To go beyond 30 notes will cost your second arm and leg (about $375).  Rockler has some but I found a larger diversity of music by doing a web search for music movements.

   Tom

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   bass | May 12, 2006 06:46am | #8

   I have been trying different sites. There are so many it is mindboggling. I already made the jewelry box, so I am going to order another movement and install it. That will probably make a big difference in the sound. Thanks for responding.

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   eddiefromAustralia | May 07, 2006 06:49am | #6

   Here's one, Bass,

   Apparently, they order in to the US regularly

   http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/messages.pl?frames;read=269203

   Cheers,

   eddie

   edit:

   Contact details:

   Steve Heinze
   Woodworking Specialist
   BetterMusicBoxes.com
   505-412-0846

   
   

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   Edited 5/6/2006 11:50 pm by eddiefromAustralia

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   bass | May 12, 2006 06:49am | #9

   I clicked on Better Music Boxes site. They had just what I was looking for. Thank you.

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   WillGeorge | May 12, 2006 07:47pm | #11

   musical movement that does not cost an arm and a leg & that you can hear....

   I think you real problem is the last part...
   musical movement that you can hear..

   I have only made a few.. Well, two to be exact...

   No expert here but... I'll poke my big old nose in anyway..
   You need to mount it on a wood that acts like a 'sound board'..
   I have no idea which is the best, but ASH is a good resonators, as are other woods. What do they make Xylophone keys from? EXPENSIVE stuff?

   All I know is some woods absorb sound.. others.. amplify it!
   Wonder why guitars' not made of pine?

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   John_D | May 12, 2006 09:36pm | #12

   Won't find much better than good clear spruce.  Not sure how you'd optimize it for being in a box though.

   IIRC David Marks did a "drum table" with a maple top.  Sounded pretty good.My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   WillGeorge | May 13, 2006 08:21pm | #13

   I think they make CONGA drumbs fron ASH.. Lucie Ball tolds me...