Whats the little thing inside a music box called?

[quackerww]

What's the little thing inside a music box called? The thing that makes sound.

 

[Gothgar]

speaker?

 

[quackerww]

Originally posted by: Gothgar
speaker?

No, No, No... The thing that is round made of metal and has bumps on it. When you turn it, it plays a song... Much like a player piano.

 

[Locut0s]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki?search=Music+box

cyclinder or drum

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: quackerww
What's the little thing inside a music box called? The thing that makes sound.

Wikipedia is your friend

Musical box elements

The bedpan (or bedplate) is the relatively heavy metal foundation on which all the other pieces are fastened, usually by screws.

The ratchet lever or the windup key is used to put the spring motor under tension, that is to wind it up.

The spring motor or motors (two or more can be used to make playing times longer) give anywhere from a few minutes to an hour or more of playing time.

The comb is a flat piece of metal with dozens or even hundreds of tuned teeth of different lengths.

The cylinder is the programming object, a metallic version of a punched card which, instead of having holes to express a program, is studded with tiny pins at the correct spacing to produce music by displacing the teeth of the comb at the correct time. The tines of the comb 'ring', or sound, as they slip off the pins. The disc in a disc music box plays this function, with pins perpendicular to the plane surface.

 

[CZroe]

"The Music-Maker"