Marbel Machine, Mechanical Music Box
By Xah Lee. Date:
Wintergatan marble machine
Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)
How It Works
How It Works - Part 1 (Wintergatan Marble Machine)
How It Works - Part 2 (Wintergatan Marble Machine)
Build
New Instrument Build Prologue #1
New Instrument Build Prologue #2
Prologue #3 Musical Marble Machine - Sizzle Cymbal
Prologue #4 Musical Marble Machine - Vibraphone Funnels
Marble Lifting Mechanism - Prologue #5 Musical Marble Machine
Making Gears for the Lifting Mechanism Prologue№ 6 Musical Marble Machine
Flywheel - Prologue #7 Musical Marble Machine
see also Player Piano, Music Box, Designing Mechanical Music Devices. Same idea, but only realized by computer graphics.