CICADA0SNAIL
Buyers are raving!
This shop got multiple 5-star reviews in the past 7 days.
Announcement
Here we sell mainly 30-note and 20-note music boxes using paper strips. The advantage of such music boxes is more possibilities for music diy and custom music.
Visit my youtube channel to see how they are played:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXQ1xqRl8EMGDCb_0Fs_xQ/videos
All note information of a music piece is stored on a punched paper strip. With a punch and blank strips we provide, you can diy any tunes and get a personalized music box.
We've already made dozens of songs. You can hear all at
www.cicada0snail.com
We provide 30-note strip rolls with the length about 50 meters each, so you can diy music pieces with unlimited duration, not mentioning you can hear more songs played on one music box.
If you're not sure enough about diy music, custom music is also available for 30-note strips. See this:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/226143876/custom-music-especially-for-30-note
Besides, some wooden music boxes can be engraved with your personalized design of brief strokes or blessing words. This service is for free.
Our music boxes are absolutely unique gifts for any occasions!
Announcement
Here we sell mainly 30-note and 20-note music boxes using paper strips. The advantage of such music boxes is more possibilities for music diy and custom music.
Visit my youtube channel to see how they are played:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXQ1xqRl8EMGDCb_0Fs_xQ/videos
All note information of a music piece is stored on a punched paper strip. With a punch and blank strips we provide, you can diy any tunes and get a personalized music box.
We've already made dozens of songs. You can hear all at
www.cicada0snail.com
We provide 30-note strip rolls with the length about 50 meters each, so you can diy music pieces with unlimited duration, not mentioning you can hear more songs played on one music box.
If you're not sure enough about diy music, custom music is also available for 30-note strips. See this:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/226143876/custom-music-especially-for-30-note
Besides, some wooden music boxes can be engraved with your personalized design of brief strokes or blessing words. This service is for free.
Our music boxes are absolutely unique gifts for any occasions!
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Reviews
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Rachel on Jan 18, 2022
5 out of 5 starsSuch a cool item, and it actually works! Shipping was faster than anticipated.
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Jamie on Jan 14, 2022
5 out of 5 starsExcellent and enjoyable process to create the arrangement and an excellent product at the end of it.
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Kat on Jan 5, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI ordered this as a last minute xmas gift idea, and based on where I ordered from along with it being within the throes of the xmas season, I knew it was going to take a while to receive. And it did... that's what I get for shopping super late for gifts, lol.
But oh man, was it 100% worth the wait! It's exactly as pictured and I can't stop geeking out about it! The box is good quality for the price and functions perfectly with the key to open and lock the box. There's enough room inside to stash little keepsakes or cash, so it's nice having a functional prop.
My best friend and I are huge David Lynch fans and I know she's going to love this. Might have to return to get one for me! -
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Daniel on Nov 21, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis is a fantastic little music box! Well made and sounds great.
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Janice on Nov 17, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThe music box is absolutely lovely, it’s in perfect condition & showed up 10 days early. and it came with my two sheets of 30 no music inside the box in perfect condition. It’s a gift for a friend but I can’t wait to give it!
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annag210 on Oct 21, 2021
5 out of 5 starsA perfect gift! The quality, shipping, packaging, attention to detail - everything is perfect!
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Cheryl on Oct 16, 2021
5 out of 5 starsSuper cool! Can’t wait to give it as a gift to my David lynch loving friend :)
About CICADA0SNAIL
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This box has room to place the punch or some strips
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50m of blank strip roll for 30 note music boxes. You may not need as long as that, so you can ask me for any length.
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Compact box. Instead of the Totoro image, you can ask for engraving other designed simple strokes, for free.
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Relatively cheap for ones who buy it to play themselves.
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It shows you how to punch a strip. It looks so easy, isn't it? Enjoy your diy work!
Strip music box for diy and custom music
Years ago I found such strip-type music movements. I've tried 15-note, 20-note and 30-note ones. Though I wish to find strip music movements with more notes, 30-note ones seem to be the upmost. So now I sell 30-note and 20-note ones mainly.
Especially 30-note strip-type music movements. The '30 notes' are
C1 D1 G1 A1 B1
C2 D2 E2 F2 #F2 G2 #G2 A2 #A2 B2
C3 #C3 D3 #D3 E3 F3 #F3 G3 #G3 A3 #A3 B3
C4 D4 E4
As you can see, they cover four octaves, with 1, 2, 3, 4 representing the rising of octaves.
In the octave marked by 3, even all twelve semitones are involved. That means many (maybe I should say 'most') music can be rearranged to such movements, no matter classic or folk music. That gives you more freedom in music arrangement.
Now you understand the strip-type music movement itself is not customized or hand-made, but with blank strips we provide (https://www.etsy.com/listing/203709519), you can turn a number of music melodies into one music box, which is doubtlessly unique to you.
In fact, I as well as many friends have turned dozens of melodies onto strips. Once all notes of a song are punched onto a strip, you can hear the song by rolling the strip through a corresponding music box.
You can hear these songs at
www.cicada0snail.com
Surely most demos there are not recorded but simulated using music software. If you want to see some operation videos, here is my youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXQ1xqRl8EMGDCb_0Fs_xQ/videos
Blank strip roll as long as 50 meters makes my shop shine. With such long strip, you need not to worry about the duration of the music you choose. Theoretically, a song with any length can be rearranged as a whole. Think about it...what is the most duration you've heard from a music box?
The idea of diy things may not attract you. Maybe what you need is only to find a unique music box playing a seldom-heard melody. Fine! Custom music is available for you. As mentioned above, the flexible strip allows me to rearrange the melody for you, with some custom charges, of course.
For operation convenience and to qualify them as lovely gifts, we fix strip-type music movements in some self-designed and well-crafted wooden boxes. Despite their different looks, the movements inside are either 30-note or 20-note. Therefore, if you like a melody made for 30-note movements, all music box items described as '30 note' can play it.
Bonus! If you choose a wooden music box in my shop, there is another custom service-custom engraving, which is for free. We have a laser engraving tool to engrave some simple black-and-white strokes or blessing words on the box you select. You can send me a designed graph or tell me what words you want to be engraved.
Production partners
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Murenzhai
Pingliang, China
A woodworking talent from Gansu province in China
Shop policies
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www.cicada0snail.com
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With the days spent within China being taken into account, the turnaround time is about
13~18 work days for U.S. and Europe
20~35 work days for South America and other area