It's amazing to watch music come out of such an odd assemblage of parts. Not surprisingly, early music boxes are highly collectible, and there are many enthusiasts. Here's some melodic history.

Most music boxes play one tune, but with the Muro Box, which exhibited at Computex this week, you can use an app to pick different songs or even compose your own. It even doubles as a smart alarm ...

Tinkerer and music box aficionado Mitxela (via Hackaday) was pleased by this music box that takes punch cards or rolls as input, rather than having a metal drum with the notes sticking out of it.