Dragon's Origin

Grandmaster Yu was unconvinced, but during the manufacturing process, he was meticulous, never deliberately sabotaging things due to a fit of pique.

A brand-new instrument, a complex system, a completely new playing method, and perhaps even brand new musical pieces; these were fatal temptations for Grandmaster Yu, who was obsessed with making and playing instruments.

Wang Sheng had systematically studied the structure of the piano. He recalled all the data originally marked on the diagrams, performed simple conversions, and clearly marked everything. As long as they were assembled according to the specifications on the diagram, it would be a grand piano.

In terms of materials, Grandmaster Yu found the most suitable wood according to Wang Sheng's requirements for the piano's body.

After Wang Sheng stated the requirements for the strings, Grandmaster Yu also began to work with Grandmaster Tie Lao Wu, using his experience in making metal strings to research the production and specifications of each string.

For the keys, they directly selected the teeth of eighth-realm demon beasts to be polished, which were definitely more advanced and felt better than ivory keys on Earth.

Various small structural parts were collectively researched by several grandmasters, and then a set of experimental products was carefully made. After success, the craftsmanship was refined and changed many times before finally being finalized, and then they were manually crafted according to the quantity.

Of course, every part, whether it was the wood, the strings, the hammer structure, or the keys, was made in triplicate to ensure that if one was not suitable, there would be two more available.

Except for the wood, the dimensions of the strings, hammer structure, and keys were precisely measured with vernier calipers. The diameter of the strings and several small parts were even measured with micrometer screws. Compared to the accuracy of ordinary instruments in this world, it was many times higher.

Even the best instruments made by Grandmaster Yu himself, before he had vernier calipers and micrometer screws, he could only rely on his feel and a ruler to determine the length, which was incomparable to what he was making now.

Of course, many times it was not necessary to make those Chinese instruments so precise. It was enough to reach the level of a fraction of an inch. Differences in timbre could be adjusted through various methods.

Initially, everyone felt that there were not enough people, so they specially called a few grandmasters from the Exquisite Pavilion to help. After the Pavilion Master of the Exquisite Pavilion found out, he did not say anything strange. Instead, he specially sent someone to tell the dozen or so grandmasters in the Marquis's mansion to help Wang Sheng with peace of mind. His attitude was extremely good.

Because the things to be made were precise, it took half a month just to make the various parts. The most troublesome were the strings. Each of the eighty-eight strings had to be made in triplicate. It was more than twenty days later when they were finished.

Assembly was definitely something only Grandmaster Yu could do. These days, he was studying the diagrams every day, asking Wang Sheng questions whenever he had time, and trying to assemble the imprecise parts, learning the techniques. He was focused and enthusiastic about learning, and he didn't look like an old man in his eighties at all.

Finally, after Wang Sheng tested the piano wires one by one and nodded, everyone began to assemble them one by one under the command of Grandmaster Yu.

Grandmaster Yu was the main operator, and more than a dozen grandmasters were assisting him. This formation could scare people to death if it was spread out. Not to mention the identities of these grandmasters, just a group of experts, at least in the eighth realm, with half of them being legendary realm masters, assembling something could multiply its value.

During the entire assembly process, Grandmaster Yu carefully followed the steps he had worked out before, step by step. It took a full two days to assemble the first piano. But this piano was not regarded as the official version. Unlike guitars, the first piano was just for everyone to practice. The real work was the second piano.

After summarizing the experiences and lessons from the first piano, after a day of rest, Grandmaster Yu and the others carried out the second assembly. This time, they were much more skilled than the first time, and their craftsmanship had also improved a lot. Two days later, this official piano was finally released and sent to Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng first observed it all around, and then tried pressing the keys and playing it a few times. After finding that there were no problems, he took out his old trick of disguising himself as a piano tuner and began to tune each piano wire one by one.

A group of grandmasters surrounded Wang Sheng, watching his every move intently. Especially Grandmaster Yu, who asked about Wang Sheng's every move, and after Wang Sheng tuned each string, he had to listen to it carefully and remember it in his heart.

When the last piano string was tuned, Wang Sheng stood in front of the grand piano, and a string of clear and melodious sounds rang out as a finger swept across it. Wang Sheng's primordial spirit space surged.

The black and white grid path of the piano keys instantly crossed almost all of the remaining black and white keys, reaching the front of the last grid. Only the last grid remained.

Wang Sheng finally let out a long breath. His guess was indeed correct. Just manufacturing the piano had completed most of the journey, reaching the final step.

If he had known this, Wang Sheng felt that he should have manufactured the piano from the beginning, saving a lot of effort. But looking back, if it hadn't been for the previous efforts that greatly increased his hearing, he wouldn't have caught Grandmaster Yu's eye at all. Without Grandmaster Yu, what guitar or piano could he make? Dream on! It seemed that everything had a cause and effect, and some efforts couldn't be saved at all.

It seemed that the remaining grid could only be completed with an extremely wonderful piano piece. However, facing this situation, Wang Sheng smiled bitterly again.

Wang Sheng had disguised himself as a piano tuner, which was true. After Wang Sheng tuned this piano, even with Wang Sheng's current ears, he couldn't hear any problems with the pitch. The problem was, Wang Sheng had never learned to play the piano! What to do?

Fortunately, there was Grandmaster Yu, who could repeat the songs Wang Sheng had played by remembering every note of the guitar. This task of playing the piano would probably fall on Grandmaster Yu's head.

At this moment, Grandmaster Yu was just like Wang Sheng, pressing the piano keys one by one, going from low to high and from high to low twice. Then he turned around and looked at Wang Sheng with anticipation, waiting for him to show off his skills.

Judging from the timbre of this piano alone, it was much richer than the guqin. Of course, it could be said that both had their own merits, after all, their characteristics were different. However, the piano had several times more scales than the guqin. How to break this? Grandmaster Yu felt that his insistence that the guqin was the king of instruments was already faintly wavering.

"Master, playing this piano requires completely different techniques." Wang Sheng said with a smile, and began to tempt Grandmaster Yu: "In addition, there is a completely different method of notation. Would you like to study it, Master?"