Follow the markings you made on the template to ensure correct placement.
How to build a tennessee music box. Similar to a dulcimer the instrument called a. But the box has to be something special to house your favorite tune. Featured making a cordless drill storage charging station with leftovers november 7 2017. The earliest music boxes date to the 1880s or possibly even the 1870s.
Of course the music is all in the works so you can choose a melody that takes you to a happy place and time. The sounds of the tennessee music box over 100 years ago farming communities in middle tennessee produced a folk instrument unique to the area. But in middle tennessee a slightly different version of the dulcimer developed although it was nearly lost to history the tennessee music box. Drill three holes through the box to attach the mechanism.
The tennessee music box or box dulcimer is one of the most enigmatic musical instruments ever discovered. A lot of craftsmen have a music box on their woodworking bucket list. Tennessee music box old style mountain dulcimer. Tennessee music box plans easy woodworking plans step by step blueprints tennessee music box plans get access to plans how to tennessee music box plans for.
Musicalboxesfantasia recommended for you 1 01. The pleasant sounds of a music box can calm crying babies and relieve stress in people of any age. The tennessee music box is aptly named since it is essentially a large rectangular wooden box with four strings.
Use a hand drill to create holes in a wooden box. Carefully drill two 1 8 in 3 2 mm screw holes and one 1 4 in 6 4 mm keyhole through the paper template and through the bottom of the box. Found an image of an old dulcimer unlike any modern one i d ever seen i just had to go ahead and make one i emptied my old wooden pencil box to use as the sound board broke up an old rickety cupboard out of my shed and made a start.