hobby #47
Cylinder Music Box Transcription Punching
Punch custom brass cylinders for antique cylinder music boxes by transcribing sheet music into pin positions. Uses calipers and a hand-operated punch jig to place pins at precise intervals matching note timing and pitch, reviving damaged boxes with new arrangements or composing original tunes. Combines the fine mechanical tolerance work from recent hobbies with music theory and the precision hand-tool skills from fountain pen restoration.
Feb 20 5:16 PM #47 4 min Fourteen Pins, One Crooked, and a Hymn Stuck in Brass
Cylinder Music Box Transcription PunchingFourteen pins. That's all I punched before I ruined the cylinder.
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