MB&F X Reuge Music Machine 1 Reloaded

MB&F and Reuge have relaunched their Music Machine space ship! 

I'll keep this short, as most of you readers are very familiar with the MB&F lineup.  The Music Machine 1 Reloaded is a new machine that plays music.  Like the three previous Music Machines before it, this one again looks like a sleek space craft from the future or from a galaxy far away.  This spaceship plays six different songs on two different barrels;

Port Cylinder plays:

1.  Star Wars Main Theme

2.  Imperial March Star Wars Theme

3.  Star Trek Theme

Starboard Cylinder plays:

1.  Another Brick In the Wall by Pink Floyd

2.  Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple

3.  Imagine by John Lennon

Here is a video:

Each of these songs are played on a 72 note comb!  And each cylinder takes roughly 35 seconds to make one complete rotation, thus each song takes about 35 seconds.  The cylinder has three staggered positions, so three different songs can be played on it.  After playing each song, the mechanism shifts to the next position.  So a total of three songs fit on one cylinder. 

The work of art is limited to 99 pieces; 33 in each color, black, blue, and red.  Price is 18,500 CHF!  Steep price!  But don't make the mistake I made of not buying one quickly enough! 

Also, do note, the device appears to come with a soundboard that isn't pictured in any of the photos.  From my personal experience, this resonant soundboard really helps transmit the sound so it can fill a full room! 

Which color is your favorite?

MUSICMACHINE 1 RELOADED – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

 

 

MusicMachine 1 Reloaded is a limited edition of 33 pieces in blue, 33 pieces in red, and 33 in black.

 

Case, frame and platform

Main body : anodized aluminium

Outriggers: Bead-blasted and anodised aluminium; black matte-anodised for black version

Dimensions: 381 wide x 476 long x 140mm high; total weight: approx. 3kg

Acoustically-enhancing platform: black wood matt finish

 

Movement and finishing

MusicMachine 1 Reloaded 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 Côtes de Genève. The mainplate holds both movements; each movement includes a mainspring, cylinder, comb and regulator.

Mainsprings: wound via propellers.

Barrels: stainless steel; each with 6 heat-blued screws on top; grooved “piston” sides

Regulator: fan in stainless steel

Power reserve: approx. 10 minutes

Cylinders: brass

Start/stop and continue functions

Cylinder supports: nickel-plated brass

One melody=one revolution of the cylinder

Three melodies per cylinder

Length of each melody: approx. 35 seconds

Power reserve per cylinder: approx. 10 minutes

Pins hand-applied and hand-polished

Length of pins: 1mm; diameter of pins: 0.3mm

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:

“Another Brick in the Wall” (1979) written by Roger Waters and originally performed by Pink Floyd

“Smoke on the Water” (1973) written and originally performed by Deep Purple

“Imagine” (1971) written and originally performed by John Lennon

 

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

 PRICE: 18,500 Swiss Francs