world number one pianist

Chapter 282 Customization
Now that He Shen agreed, Wang Pei took He Shen downstairs to his newly bought car, and the two drove towards the suburb of Ningcheng, Jiangzhou.

Looking at the road ahead, Wang Pei suddenly thought of something, and said to He Shen.

"Oh, by the way, don't think that Wang Yi doesn't care much because he opened a studio to make pianos."

"But let me tell you, that Wang Yi is not an ordinary person. According to his personal strength, he is basically one of the best piano tuners in China!"

"In his early years, he studied with the piano tuning major in the Music College of Jiangzhou University of the Arts."

"After graduation, he did not change careers like many music students, but continued to develop in this direction."

"First, I went to Dongying to learn piano making and piano tuning from Kameda, a senior trainer of Yamaha grand piano manufacturing in Dongying."

"After finishing my studies, I didn't just stop studying like this. Instead, I continued to come to Germany and joined Steinway's factory in Hamburg as an apprentice."

"Follow up with the tuner master, the damper supervisor, the senior piano manufacturer, and the senior concert technician, and follow them to study in the factory."

"In the end, if I remember correctly, he got a senior concert technician certificate at the end."

"Finally formed his unique piano tuning technique!"

"Nowadays, he is basically one of the few people with the most experience in piano tuning and tuning in China!"

Speaking of this place, the two of them had already come to a very remote place in Ningcheng. Most of this place was a factory, and the surrounding seemed very quiet.

Wang Pei took He Shen to a place with many office buildings, and drove to the underground parking lot.

After parking the car, he said to Fit while wiping his sweat.

"He told us before that he is the dedicated tuning and tuning technician for Lang Liangyue in China, and for Wang Jia and the others when they are in domestic concerts."

"When Lang Liangyue returned to China to participate in the production of those large-scale promotional films and some specific promotional programs, he was also Lang Liangyue's dedicated technician."

"Although Lang Liangyue generally uses not one or two technicians, but a whole team of technicians working for him."

"However, his skills can be regarded as the strongest among the entire technician team."

"After all, he has formed his own set of piano tuning techniques."

"It is precisely because of his strong personal tuning skills and his thorough understanding of Steinway grand pianos that many people like to ask him for help."

"As the saying goes, doing business is not just a matter of a hot head, patting the head and saying that I want to do business. This kind of business usually doesn't last long."

"The most important thing in doing business is to identify the needs. Many people need you to do something. When you find that you are needed by many people, that is the best time for you to do business!"

"Being Teacher Wang, he was needed by countless people. After asking him to help with tuning and customizing pianos, he started his business!"

"Teacher Wang Yi has established his own piano brand, Wang Wang Piano Studio!"

"Specially responsible for the refurbishment of old Yamaha Steinway pianos, as well as custom-made new pianos!"

"the most important is……"

Speaking of this place, the two had come to an underground with a huge security gate.

On the edge of the underground garage.

From time to time, there were various machine sounds, and occasionally some people's discussions.

Standing at the door, Wang Pei straightened his clothes a bit, then blinked at He Shen, patted He Shen's back with his hands, and said with a smile.

"The point is, he's cheap!"

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the inside, and He Shen immediately followed behind him.

Passing through this iron gate, there are studios one after another around, and there are a lot of people finishing pianos or making pianos by hand!
At the end of these studios, there is a large exhibition room wrapped in glass and occupying a huge area!

Countless pianos are placed in it!

Just a cursory glance, there are at least nearly a hundred pianos in this exhibition room.

From Yamaha, to Steinway, to Fazioli.

All kinds of pianos are placed in the exhibition hall one by one, and each one looks extremely beautiful!

Whether it is a solid color piano or a piano with antique patterns.

Each one is gorgeous!
Beside these pianos, there are huge humidifiers and dehumidifiers, constantly spraying white mist.

Before He Shen could speak, a voice came from beside him.

"Well, aren't they beautiful?"

An unshaven, slightly haggard man in his 40s walked out from behind He Shen.

He patted He Shen on the shoulder, walked towards the glass room in front of him, stretched out his hand to unlock the lock on the door, pulled the glass door open, reached out to He Shen, and nodded slightly.

"Welcome to Wang Wang Studio, He Shen."

After all, he looked at Wang Pei who was standing aside, and smiled.

"Wang Pei, long time no see, you should lose weight."

"Hey, haven't I been overworked and fat due to being busy recently?"

Wang Pei touched his head, waved to He Shen and Wang Yi, and said with a smile.

"Well, the two of you talk first, and I will withdraw first. Oh, by the way, He Shen, you just moved, and I will send you a three-piece bed set and some normal household items later, so that at least you can live comfortably. Human taste."

After all, without any hesitation, he waved at the two, turned and left directly.

Wang Yi looked at his leaving back, didn't say anything, but looked at He Shen, walked into the glass room, and motioned.

"Come on, Wang Pei told me about this before, saying that you want to buy a piano."

"Yes..." He Shen stepped forward, followed into the glass room, looked at Wang Yi, and said slowly, "I need a piano, and I probably don't have a lot of money at the moment, probably less than 50." ..."

"50 is enough..."

Wang Yi was obviously a little tired, and the black circle was a little obvious. He stretched out his hand and poured a cup of coffee from one side.

I didn't think of He Shen until halfway through the pour, and turned to He Shen and asked, "Black coffee, how about?"

"No need." He Shen shook his head and refused.

Hearing He Shen's refusal, Wang Yi felt a little regretful and clicked his tongue twice.

"The burnt aroma of this coffee is very strong. I like this coffee very much, and its subsequent sweetness is also very strong."

"Well, it's fine if you don't like it."

Wang Yi waited until the coffee was full, drank it all in one gulp, and turned to look at He Shen.

At this time, he obviously regained a little energy, he smiled at He Shen, and explained.

"After all, the pianos I make myself don't have the brand effect of big manufacturers. In fact, the pianos I make personally cost more than 30 yuan, which is not particularly expensive."

"If you want one of those decades old violins that we've reconditioned, it's probably cheaper!"

"For example, a Steinway A124. I heard the quotation from the Asian Steinway Center in Zhongzhou Zhongcheng, which seems to be 97 yuan."

"My refurbished piano can be bought for less than 20 yuan."

Speaking of this place, he felt that he might have talked too much, so he pointed to the piano outside and said.

"Basically all the pianos in this place are made by us. The white, especially gorgeous piano in the middle is the work we presented when we participated in the Huaguo Musical Instrument Exhibition."

"That piano has just been shipped back, and it hasn't been rearranged yet. Maybe the sound is not particularly good, please forgive me."

"But the other pianos have been tuned, you can try them all."

"Remember... don't be too rough!"

After finishing speaking, he raised the coffee in his hand to He Shen, then found a seat and sat down, as if he was about to fall asleep again.

He Shen was not particularly polite, since he said so, He Shen directly found a Steinway in the corner.

Pull out the piano bench and sit down, put your hands on the piano keyboard, and slowly push it down.

hum...

The sound of the piano burst out quickly from the piano.

He Shen casually played a Chopin etude, op10-1, which is the so-called chant fugitive.

It didn't use all its strength, it was just a normal interpretation, probably maintained at Lv8.

At first, He Shen didn't expect much, but the moment the voice came out, He Shen was stunned.

The sound is very beautiful!Very beautiful very beautiful!
The power descends along the keys of the piano, and slams away along the multi-level lever towards the strings at the back.

The special sound of Steinway A124 burst out from the piano in an instant.

and……

He Shen's eyes widened involuntarily.

The tone of this piano is not the ordinary A124, the feeling of a family piano.

Rather, the feel of a concert piano!
The tone of the whole tone is extremely mellow, even if it is played heavily, there is no particularly heavy cracking sound.

This sound feels very good!very comfortable

He Shen instantly looked at Wang Yi who was lying on the piano hammer mechanism, a little sleepy and wanted to sleep, and nodded silently in his heart.

Sure enough, Wang Pei was right!

The Wang Yi in front of him is definitely a very powerful piano technician!
His personal technical talents are all focused on making pianos, which is different from those who play pianos.

They used the attitude of carving artworks to carve those pianos that left their hands.

It doesn't matter whether this piano is their own work or someone else's work.

Such strength...

He Shen has to admit that Wang Pei would definitely recommend this person to him, which is definitely worth the money!
It can even be said that it is very cheap!

Of course, He Shen did not make a decision so quickly, but set his sights on other pianos.

He Shen first went to the piano that Wang Yi said was bad, and tried it casually.

There is no problem with the intonation, and there is no problem with the feel.

But it was obvious that the sound of this piano was a little rough.

For example.

The piano sound of the one just now may be the kind of pearls like big pearls and small pearls falling on a jade plate.

And the sound of the current piano is a little bit like half a ball of wool.

The surface is slightly rough, but maintains a ball shape.

As for the Kawaii SK-II piano that He Shen used before, it obviously has a little acupuncture feeling.

The tone is slightly sharper.

The same goes for some other pianos.

Among the pianos that He Shen has touched, the only ones that can really be compared with the Steinway A124 he touched just now are those few pianos!
Before, the few pianos I touched at the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Thinking of this place, He Shen had a deeper guess about Wang Yi's level.

The world's top piano technicians.

Top piano technicians who specialize in concerts and piano tuning by top pianists.

He Shen let go of this piano and walked to the other pianos.

Constantly experimenting with the differences of each piano and feeling the unique charm of each piano.

While he was trying the piano, Wang Yi who was sitting on the side slowly opened his eyes.

He sat on the bench and looked at He Shen wearily.

It's not about how He Shen plays the piano, he can feel it even with his eyes closed.

What he was looking at now was He Shen's hand, its placement on the piano, and all the other details.

This is his habit.

He is very used to observing those who play the piano, watching their small details.

From these small details, you can clearly feel whether this pianist is strong or weak in playing the piano!
These things are very clear!
For example, the movement of the arm and wrist.

Sometimes when playing Chopin's works, it is necessary to draw a circle.

How should this kind of circle be drawn?

These are very detailed.

The wrist and arm are drawn in a circle as a whole, which can clearly play that kind of line feeling.

It is lifted from the beginning, giving the piano sound a lifted, upward feeling.

The drop to the back gives the piano an ending heaviness.

It is also said that it gave a round beginning at the beginning, gave it a heaviness, and finally gave a floating feeling of lifting at the end.

Details determine success or failure, and details determine the strength of a pianist!
therefore……

Wang Yi wants to see how many inner details He Shen has.

These are some design ideas that can be used as subsequent piano customization.

At first, Wang Yi didn't care much, he even wanted to yawn a little.

But later, he froze.

The farther he went to the back, the straighter his body sat.

His originally extremely sleepy eyes were also extremely wide open at this moment.

He looked at He Shen with shock in his eyes.

He never imagined that there was such a person with such strength!
He Shen's strength is one of the most powerful piano players he has ever seen!

This is not to say how powerful the piece He Shen just played is, or how powerful He Shen's interpretation of the work is.

These things are external to those who make the piano.

What Wang Yi saw was He Shen's analysis of each piano!

When He Shen just sat down on the piano, he would play something casually.

There was no problem with this thing at the beginning, it was probably just a feeling of practice.

But after just one practice piece, He Shen can roughly grasp whether this piano is suitable for him or not.

Which is the most special point of this piano, and where is it?

Is it the special way of touching the keys, or the special tone, or some other aspects.

Except for some small details set by Wang Yi, He Shen couldn't find it.

Most of the other characteristics were captured by He Shen.

Seeing He Shen's interpretation of the music in front of him, Wang Yi couldn't help being silent, then got up and walked behind He Shen.

After He Shen finished playing, he suddenly spoke, interrupting He Shen's piano test, and asked.

"He Shen, what kind of piano do you like?"

"What does it look like?"

He Shen stood where he was, not quite sure what Wang Yi meant.

Seeing the doubt in He Shen's eyes, Wang Yi immediately explained:

"Shell, what kind of shell do you like? And, do you have any special hobbies in the tone? How about the feel?"

"shell……"

He Shen looked at a large pile of pianos around him and shook his head slowly.

"Pure black casing is fine, no special requirements."

"As far as the tone is concerned, I like the one with stronger control and more development!"

"The particularly pure bright color and mellow tone can easily shape the music."

Wang Yi rubbed his chin, thoughtful: "It's more developmental, that is, don't limit whether this piano is similar to Fazioli's bright color, or Steinway's particularly mellow sound."

"Well, it's a bit like Yamaha, but maybe a little more Steinway."

"Maximizes manipulability and tone development."

"Um……"

Wang Yi looked at He Shen for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his hand to He Shen, and said.

"Show me your hand."

He Shen handed Wang Yi his hand inexplicably.

Wang Yi looked at He Shen's hand, sized it up and down, then glanced at He Shen again, and continued to remain silent.

Just when He Shen felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, Wang Yi suddenly woke up from his thoughts, walked to the side, took out a card reader, and said.

"35, transfer the money, I'll start to customize a piano just for you according to your ideas later."

"It may take a little longer. If you are in a hurry, I can temporarily rent you a violin that has just been refurbished and tuned. The price is only three thousand a month."

"The price of that Steinway is 24. If you want to buy this Steinway, the price you rent can be deducted!"

"That is to say, if you continue to rent for [-] months, this piano that has just been refurbished and tuned is yours!"

"Okay, finally you give me your address, and I will arrange for some of my students and apprentices to come over and help transport the piano."

"Which piano do you want?"

He Shen looked at Wang Yi, then at the pile of pianos behind him, hesitated for a while, pointed to the Steinway that he played at the beginning, and said directly.

"That Steinway."

"Okay! After signing, our contract will officially start. I will call my apprentices to think about how to make your piano."

After all, he dug out two standard contracts from under the messy workbench, on which he wrote down the price of the piano rental and his signature.

After the signatures were completed, he handed the two standard contracts to He Shen, pointed to the back and said.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to mention that if you don't send us an email to extend the rental period of the Steinway, then that Steinway will be shipped away when we deliver your piano! "

"Is there a problem?"

He Shen looked at Wang Yi and shook his head slowly: "No."

Wang Yi nodded and said wearily: "Sign it!"

He Shen took the contract in his hand, signed his name, and handed one copy back to Wang Yi.

After Wang Yi's confirmation, He Shen didn't hesitate, and directly transferred the money for renting the piano, as well as the 35 customization money, to Wang Yi.

And Wang Yi didn't hesitate, went outside, called four apprentices to the people who were working in the workshop, pointed at He Shen and said.

"No, God bless, you four, help send that Steinway to Mr. He Shen, and ask him for the address."

"By the way, help Mr. He Shen arrange things for humidification and dehumidification. Don't let the piano break."

After finishing speaking, he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to He Shen.

"Here, this is my business card. If you want to hold a domestic concert in the future and need to adjust the sound, you can contact me."

After finishing speaking, Wang Yi waved to He Shen, stuffed the contract in his hand into the workbench, turned around and walked towards the workroom on the side.

And those four apprentices also moved out the Steinway that He Shen had taken a fancy to before, and moved it to a small truck in the underground garage.

The four of them looked at He Shen, and the leader, the tall, thin, artistic man named Tianyou, asked suddenly.

"Well, Mr. He Shen, where will this piano be moved?"

"Move to my house."

He Shen gave the address to those four people, and followed them back to his home.

Soon, everyone helped transport the piano to the small attic on the roof, helped install the piano, and even set up a few small humidifiers and dehumidifiers.

At this time, He Shen's home finally gradually became complete, and it was about to become the small piano studio he imagined.

He Shen waited for everyone to leave, nodded in satisfaction, sat on the piano, played casually, and felt the details of this piano.

Time passes with music.

Soon, a new school year will begin!
Huaguo, the seven conservatories under the two major conservatories, are also secretly competing with each other for the third largest conservatory.

After all, there is no conservatory that wants to be subordinate forever!
Including, the newly born Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music!

(End of this chapter)