“The parking brake pivoted with well-calibrated resistance and no ratchety noise.”
“And there's a void where a dance beat would go, a hollow bordered by sporadic ratchety sounds up above and, far below, skulking bass lines and sporadic kick-drum thuds, with hazy sustained electronics in between.”
“But the literal mainsprings of the music are in a pair of music boxes that plink at various speeds, with ratchety sounds as they are being rewound.”