一位二十年代在北京作寓公的英国诗人奥斯伯特·斯提维尔写过一篇《北京的声与色》,把当时走街串巷的小贩用以招徕顾客而做出的种种音响形容成街头管弦乐队,并还分别列举了哪是管乐、弦乐和打击乐器。他特别喜欢听串街的理发师(“剃头的”)手里那把钳形铁铉。用铁板从中间一抽,就会呲啦一声发出带点颤巍的金属声响,认为很像西洋乐师们用的定音叉。此外, One of the British poet Oswestryville, who served as dandy in Beijing in the 1920s, wrote an article entitled “Sound and Color in Beijing”, which used to create a variety of sounds Described as a street orchestra, and also enumerated separately which is the wind music, strings and percussion instruments. He especially liked the clincher in the hands of a barber on the street (“shaved”). With the iron plate from the middle of a pumping, it will Bilai issued a little trembling metal sound, that is much like the Western musicians who use the tuning fork. In addition,