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Möbius Music Box
I recieved a music box melody making kit from Tim Nissen, who I worked with on the Organ Function Grinder. My first arrangement for music box is a theme from the Harry Potter Septet. Being a mathematician, I twisted the paper into a Möbius strip and made this educational video to demonstrate:

[video preview image]
Media player: Click to play (1 min 51 sec)

Also available on YouTube.

For comparison, you can listen to the theme in piano from the Harry Potter Septet. This section is inspired by Dumbledore's speech at the end of Book 4, and spans from the theme entrance to the end of the movement.

Media player: Click to play (3 min 21 sec)

— posted Sunday, August 09, 2009 at 02:06AM EDT