[Octopus box]
Octopus box, made in Switzerland in the 19th century, is 22 cm high, 48 cm long and 28 cm wide
This eight-tone box is a wooden painted shell. There is an eight-tone device inside the box. There is a wrench for winding on the left side and two keys on the right side. One is the switch and the other is the music key. There are three bronze bell bowls in the middle of the inner side of the eight-tone device. The hammer that strikes the bronze bell bowl is made into a butterfly shape. There are dancing dolls on both sides of the bronze bell bowl. After the winding is started, the eight-tone device will play the music, and the butterfly hammer will knock the bell bowl to play the ensemble, which can play eight Chinese music. At the same time, the dance dolls on both sides have their own movements with the music
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