What do the eight tones and twelve tones of a floor clock mean?

The floor clock imitates the sound effect of the big copper bell in the big clock tower by tapping the sound reed (or sound tube) and adding the ringing device, which can be said to be a kind of "sound imitation" technology.

Eight notes are eight reeds, and twelve notes are 12 reeds.

The four notes on the right of the octave reed are used to play the bell music of Westminster Abbey. The four reeds on the left are struck at the same time to ring the bell.

The eight reeds on the right side of the twelve-tone reed emit eight tones, which can play three kinds of bells: Westminster Bell, Wellington Bell and St. Michel Bell. The same four reeds on the left were struck at the same time to ring the bell.

In terms of power system, the eight-tone spring has only chain type, and the twelve-tone yellow has two choices: chain type and rope type.