Vietnam’s national anthem featured on Swiss music box
(VOVWORLD) - Reuge, a leading global manufacturer of traditional musical devices based in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, has released a video recording the sound of a mechanical music box playing Vietnam's national anthem.
 Vietnam’ national anthem featured on Swiss music box. (Photo: Reuge) |
Last year, the “Marching song," the national anthem of Vietnam composed by musician Van Cao, is featured on a music box by the 150-year Reuge.
Named Reuge Vietnam National Anthem, the traditional mechanical music box coincided with Vietnam’s 75th anniversary of its National Day.
Initially, the music was designed with 36 notes of The Marching Song, but the manufacturer decided to increase this to 72 notes to fully deliver the song’s spirit.
With dimensions of 350 x 250 x 160 mm, the elegant box is made from gilt dolphin feet with polished glass panels. It combines an aesthetically appealing design with 72 handcrafted notes that can easily be admired through the glass panels.
It took the Swiss artisans up to 8 months of testing and calibration in order for it to produce the best possible sound. All manufacturing steps were done manually.
The Reuge Vietnam National Anthem music box is worth nearly 3,500 USD. Although it is not a limited edition, it is only made upon request and only 20 to 30 music boxes of this kind are produced by Reuge every year.