moonmilk

instrument-a-day 18: bent music box

February 19th, 2009

A strong magnet distorts the sound of a music box by warping the tines. It’s recorded through a hand-wound magnetic pickup, and it sounds like this. (There’s no processing added to the sound except for noise reduction.)

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Thanks to k for the music box!

During February 2009 I'm making a new handmade instrument each day. photoblog