<p>Music Drop is a new service that lets you compose a little 16-note tune and have it immortalised in the form of a 3D-printed music box.</p><p>(Credit: Left Field Labs)</p><p>Even though they only allow simple tunes, there's something rather fascinating about music boxes, turning the handle and watching the pin-and-comb mechanism produce its clear, chiming notes, like a tiny piano. They're not new the first music boxes started arriving towards the latter half of the 18th century but a company called Left Field Labs has offered a modern and personal twist.</p><p>A new project called Music Drops asks you to compose your own 16-note tune using a grid. Clicking the squares indicates which notes are to be played (as far as we can ascertain, the scale starts at A at the top of the grid, and descends nearly two octaves), and you can create chords.</p><p><a href="http://www.cnet.com.au/write-a-tune-get-it-3d-printed-with-music-drop-339346436.htm">Keep reading...</a></p>