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Ballerina Music Boxes Make Great Gifts

By: Orson Dixon

Music boxes can make a great gift for a friend. They can easily cheer up anyone and make one smile. In fact, the ballerina music boxes are becoming the most popular gifts due to their beauty and elegance. And if you know your friends musical preferences, you can easily select one that will make a treasured gift. Though most of the music boxes include only one tune, there are many ballerina musical boxes that can play a number of tunes.

These types of music boxes are available in all sizes and shapes. There are some ballerina music jewelry boxes that come with a spinning dancer on the top of box. Some of also include a fairy floating in the air. In fact, the musical snow globe is very common type of music box. In addition, these ballerina music boxes come with castles, mushroom forest, princes and princesses, dragons and unicorns. Some of these boxers are made from rarest woods, glass and marble, and crystal. You can even find box with unusual designs and shapes such as miniature pianos, clocks, hearts and violins.

You can also have the ballerina music boxes customized with your favorite tune. Some of the common tunes of these music boxes include Amazing Grace, Blue Danube, As Time Goes By, and Lara's Theme.

Music box movements are available in two different styles - the Cylinder or Drum type and the disk version. The drum movement is more common for most of the small music boxes. It is the length which determines the note that the box will play when it will hit the nub on the cylinder. Movements are usually available from 18 to 72 notes. However, movements with 72 notes are most costly. Disk movements are very much similar to a CD. But it has teeth, which catch on tines in order to play the notes. You can even get ballerina music boxes with different disks. You can interchange the disks to play several different songs.

Both the movements are able to play more than one song. There is a drum that slides slightly to the side when any new tune is about to be played. This is done to activate the different teeth for playing the new song.

There are various retailers that sell such music boxes. You can also shop these boxes online. Though the unique Italian and German music boxes are expensive, most of these boxes are generally affordable. In fact, there are many online shops that offer discounts on the ballerina music boxes, which will enable you to save even more.


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