• Do you have a musicbox with paper strips?
• Want to punch your own tunes?
• We have a tool to help you do it!

When you create your own paper punch strips, you need to mark the notes on the paper vertically and horizontally so that you get the right pitch and note length. Then punch holes in the paper at the marks. This is a somewhat tedious task, since you won’t find errors until after you punch the holes. Although you can correct most errors by taping them off and punching again, there is an easier way.

Our punch strip editor helps you arrange the melody on a virtual paper strip on the screen, lets you play the melody, correct it and print it on your printer.

There are many music boxes with paper strips available on the market. Most have one of the following mechanism built in, which are also available in stores for self-assembly:

15 tones (e.g. Kikkerland)

• tones: C5 … C7
• c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c" d" e" f" g" a" b" c'"
• paper strip 41 mm
• melodies notated in C major or A minor

20 tones

• tones: C4 … A6
• c d e f g a b c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c" d" e" f" g" a"
• paper strip 70 mm
• melodies notated in C major or A minor

30 tones

• tones: C4 … E7
• c d g a b c' d' e' f' f#' g' g#' a' a#' b' c" c#" d" d#" e" f" f#" g" g#" a" a#" b" c'" d'" e'"
• paper strip 70 mm
• melodies with half tones

You can find all this music boxs in different flavours in the store of Perpetuum Mobile