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Interesting note:

As I was looking at music box movements, I happened upon this simple hand crank unit...I guess you just crank it the speed that the music sounds good to your ears. They Are cheap to buy, and if you did not like the idea of "cutting in" to the kit movement, this could be an option as it has no gear box all ready.
   The down side is you would have to turn it 90 degrees and drill new holes in the wood base as the kit movement pulley is mounted to the Drum with spikes on it that pluck the tines.
   Also you would have to cut the hand crank off and mount your drive pulley to the straight drive shaft that is left.
   
You can go nuts with the movement, I have seen the hand crank ones for 1 dollar but average price for a wind up movement is in the $5-$18 range all the way up to Swiss and Japan movements going well North of $200!

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