Music box
(MYOO-zik bahks)
[Eng.]
A box containing a cylinder with small spikes on it situated beside a sheet of metal with
tuned
tongues
. When the cylinder is rotated by means of a crank, it causes the spikes to
pluck
tuned
tongues
of metal, thus producing a
melody
.
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