
Music · Built from a recipe
Music Box
F4 on the minor comb. Its drum rings at 361.9 Hz.
A music box plays a tune all by itself.
- Shelf
- Music
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- CC0
Its note
Splashery stretches a drumhead over this Splash's outline, twelve inches across, and finds the ways it can ring. Its lowest is 361.9 Hz, 62 cents sharp of F4, the nearest tine on the comb. The next fifteen are its overtones, and each one draws its own figure: sand gathers on the lines that stay still.

- 1362 Hz
- 2501 Hz
- 3610 Hz
- 4682 Hz
- 5720 Hz
- 6827 Hz
- 7862 Hz
- 8891 Hz
- 9980 Hz
- 101008 Hz
- 111059 Hz
- 121067 Hz
- 131114 Hz
- 141167 Hz
- 151215 Hz
- 161258 Hz
How to play
Tap to close or open the lid. With ✋ on, turn the crank round to play the tune note by note.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open or close | Tap | ||
| Open | Switch | On | |
| Wood | Color | #8a4526 |
About it
A music box plays a tune all by itself. Inside, a spring turns a metal cylinder covered in tiny pins. As it turns, the pins pluck the teeth of a steel comb, and each tooth rings with its own note: the longer the tooth, the lower the note.
This music box starts open, with a little dancer twirling on its stand while the tune plays and music notes float up. Tap to close the lid and stop the music, and tap again to open it. Pick the color of the wood in the Splash tab. With ✋ Hands-on on, lift or close the lid on its hinge yourself, and turn the crank by drawing circles round it: each click plays the tune's next note and the dancer turns.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 56,079 at Low, and up to 770,000 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Impact Sounds (kenney-wood-medium.mp3) | Kenney | CC0 1.0 |



