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Zippers are boring, always making the same zippy sound. The musical zipper has teeth of different sizes along the zipper. These differently sized teeth make different sounds when they mesh, so when you zip up, a tune is produced.
(thanks to hippo’s “irregular fastener spacing” for inspiration)
Multi-pitch zipper
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Louis beat ya' [ferrous, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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And make sure you don't get caught up in your music. |
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blaise, I think so long as the teeth on either size of the zipper were matches and the frog suitably shaped there would be no problem in size variance. I like the idea anyway. |
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It could also be designed to produce a word or phrase, like "Nike" or "Reebok", in a vague, surreal way. It would play properly only in one direction, though. |
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Irregular is antipathetic to smooth and sometimes intentionally. |
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In my own personal zipper-based research, I have determined that it is not only the teeth spacing, but also the zip speed that determine the pitch. It would therefore be necessary to maintain constant zip velocity to obtain a satisfactory musical zip performance. In lab test using experimental Levi's and highly trained rabbits, I have found this difficult to obtain on a consistent basis, however, if a self-regulating zipper action could be produced, the desired tonal effect could be achieved. Hence the croissant. |
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I've never noticed a zipper being terribly melodic. It seems unlikely that much of a tune could be produced mechanically. |
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However, electronically, it seems quite feasible that if the teeth were conductive, each additional set that connected or disconnected could trigger an electronic tone or sound. |
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In this manner, a tune could be generated easily. Each set of teeth could also trigger the playback of a segment of a recorded sound e.g. the aforementioned "Nike". |
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I'd prefer one that sounds when the zipper is down. |
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I once performed 'Beverly Hills Cop' using my coat zipper as a part of a 'stupid human tricks' night during college. True story. |
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Unfortunately there would be a certain segment of the population who would never be able to undo their zips again for fear of the diabolical messages contained in the reversed music. |
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Would it play, "Pop Goes The Weasel" if you trap your old fella? |
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There are many excellent suggestions here. Thank you. |
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Like making the sounds electronically, rather than mechanically. That would avoid a lot of design work on the teeth. |
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The sound mechanism could be built into the zipper pull. For kids, it could say “going up!”. And then “going down!” And if you only got it partially closed, it could tell you that in some cute manner. |
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For men, on the other hand, it could say “pop goes the weasel” on the way down, and “the weasel is dead” on the way up. |
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For me, I like the sparkly sound that windows makes when it opens and closes... |
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/For me, I like the sparkly sound that windows makes when it opens and closes// |
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Where do you want to go today? |
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It would 'enhance' the moment if the tune was something like 'Lets get it on' by Marvin Gaye. |
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Use any song but(its a small world after all). |
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"Get up, Stand up" by Bob Marley. |
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Sign me up for a James Brown version
"Get up (get on up)" on the way up, and
"AAIIIOOOWWW Sex Machine" on the way down. |
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Thompson Twins..
You take me up..soooo high...higher love,you take me up....<never could sing> |
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[pluterday] Thanks for the advertisement! |
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This needs a small mallet attached to the zipper handle
and a small xylophone embedded into the fabric along the
length of the zipper. |
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