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MB&F MusicMachine 2 Gunmetal For HODINKEE

The MB&F MusicMachine 2 is the second result of a unique collaboration between the avant-garde team at MB&F and high-end mechanical music box specialists Reuge. This limited edition version, made expressly for HODINKEE is clad in untreated gunmetal-colored aluminum. Only 5 are available, each numbered on the engraved baseplate. This product ships free internationally. Payment is also accepted by bank wire. Please email sales@hodinkee.com for more information. Sold Out. Case and frame Outriggers: Bead-blasted and anodized aluminum; Dimensions: 11.8 inches wide, 20.1 inches long, 6.5 inches high, weighs over 17lbs Acoustically-enhancing platform: Gunmetal aluminum Movement and finishing MusicMachine 2 features two 3.72 movements (3 refers to number of melodies on each cylinder; 72 refers to number of notes on each comb); one movement is right configured; one movement is left configured (they rotate in opposite directions) Mainplate: nickel-plated brass, decorated with Cotes de Geneve. The mainplate holds both movements; each movement includes a mainspring, cylinder, comb and regulator Barrels: Stainless steel; each with 6 heat-blued screws on top; grooved 'piston' sides Regulator: fan in stainless steel Cylinders: brass Cylinder supports: Nickel-plated brass Start/stop and continue functions One melody = one revolution of the cylinder Three melodies per cylinder Length of each melody: 35 seconds Power reserve per cylinder: 15 minutes Mainsprings: Wound via propellers Pins hand-applied and hand-polished Length of pins: 1mm; diameter of pins: 0.3 mm Pins per right cylinder: 1,279; pins per left cylinder: 1,399 Combs: steel alloy and lead; 72 teeth per comb; each comb attached to brass vibration plate by six heat-blued steel screws Melodies Right cylinder extracts from: Angie (1973) by Rolling Stones Should I Stay Or Should I Go (1982) by The Clash Stairway To Heaven (1971) by Led Zeppelin Left cylinder extracts from: Star Wars (1977) main title by John Williams Imperial March (1980) by John Williams Star Trek (1979) main title by Jerry Goldsmith