SURVEY: What do I build with these antique tobacco tins?

I recently scored a bunch of these tobacco tins at a flea market.  

I have no idea what to do with them, so I posted a survey on Cigar Box Nation: Facebook for ideas.  I'm posting some of them below.  

Have you made instruments out of these?  Post pics and descriptions in the comments!

Zach Giambalvo - Effects pedals

William Scott - pocket Amps

Dana Weigel - Microphone

Andrew Burick - Make some canjos!

George Brunner - Pedals, or powered pickup battery boxes with treble bass and distortion knobs.  Or a bridge for a lap steel.

Zachariah B Adams - Resonators

Darryl Kernaghan - Kalimba

Michael Hutson Baby - ukes

Bob Harrison -  I made a reso out of them


David Patterson - Tinkulele...

Jonathan M. Greiner - A box guitar to hold strings,pics,and tip money. Or a belt buckle... amp

Todd Mayo Mini - diddly bow.

Joseph Cerroni - Diddley bow bridge.

Dwane Reese - Ok , cover for your headstock. Done right the tuners would look cool coming through the tins. ?

Adam Wilken - A banjo, a mando and a 3 string slide guitar

Shawn Mattox - Zz top uses those to hold their wireless rigs attached to their guitar straps. Prince Albert brand. 

Joey Delgado - Reverb tanks

Chris Schoolcraft - Why not a cigar box harmonica

Allen Scaff - Guitar strap turn buckle

Alex Bartman - 9volt powered belt clip amps.

Jeremy S Huddleston - cow bells!

Brydon Barclay - One of those nail harp things.

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Permalink Reply by Russ Oakes on September 27, 2016 at 6:05am

Harmonca

Permalink Reply by Alan Hergert on September 27, 2016 at 7:57am

Add BBs.  Mini stomp box.

Permalink Reply by Jim_N on September 27, 2016 at 1:22pm

 

I'd use one to make a fly trap.
Insert some fly paper. Add a drop of honey.

Kid and pet safe! :D

Permalink Reply by Bill Jehle on January 14, 2017 at 9:09am

The lid to that tin looks like the perfect cover for a single coil pickup or a rail. :)

Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on January 14, 2017 at 9:38am

Good idea.

Permalink Reply by Regan on September 27, 2016 at 7:34pm

Some sort of shaker percussion that you strap to your leg

Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on September 28, 2016 at 5:38am

Cowbells.

There's never enough cowbells.

Permalink Reply by jim morehouse on September 29, 2016 at 1:46am
Used to put grssshoppers in em for fishing
Permalink Reply by Tyler jones on September 29, 2016 at 8:39am

how about a new name tobacco tinjo just sayin yawl

Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 29, 2016 at 9:31am
Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on September 29, 2016 at 11:24am

That's cool

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 30, 2016 at 6:45pm
Put em on a strap like a bandolier. Make sure there's a coupla stogies in one, picks in another, slides in a third, and turn one into a flask.

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