Atypical Cafe Love

"This one was originally placed here. There are steps on both sides of the room. It takes a long step to go out of the playground from that side. The other exit is equivalent to crossing the entire auditorium... Now I am afraid it will be difficult to move it on the spot. Go out and move back." The student who was sweating from scolding explained with a bitter expression on his face.

"It's like this. The sound of the piano is not right when it is stringed. It needs to be adjusted after the sound test to reach the specified pitch." Chen Songmao explained to him, "In the current environment, I have to talk to you. Voice, how do you audition?"

"Well, we really can't do anything about it. We really didn't consider this situation before. This piano should not have been moved since it was moved." The student said cautiously, "Well, if there is only one note wrong, it should affect the piano. Is it big?"

"Isn't it a big influence?!" Zheng Zijun yelled, it seemed that his whole body was broken.Chen Songmao understands his breakdown very well. In fact, he fully understands the madness of Zheng Zijun and the entire Galaxy Orchestra: this kind of deceitful mess makes people want to quit, but the sense of professional responsibility requires him to put his work Do it as well as you can.It's not impossible to present a symphony without a piano, a performance that's out of tune, a piano that's out of tune, but they can't do that at all - presenting such incompleteness Works, this will be a long and hard to let go of the dark history.

"Well, in fact, teachers don't need to worry too much, everyone's appreciation level is not that high..."

"Stop saying a few words." Chen Songmao said kindly, he could see that the student had been scolded almost out of words by the group leader, maybe he didn't realize that the more he explained, the worse he got.At this time, the two team members who ran out to look at the terrain came back, frowning and shaking their heads, and described the terrain outside: Indeed, as I said before, neither of the two entrances can easily leave the small square. In the room, the sound of the stereo will still cause a lot of interference, it is better to be indoors.

The corner fell silent for a while, and a girl asked with a glimmer of hope: "Mr. Chen, this environment really can't..."

Before she finished speaking, the program on the front stage ended, and the sound quieted down.Chen Songmao jumped up suddenly: "You can try it! Zheng Zijun, hurry up, go through the scale, from beginning to end!"

Zheng Zijun reacted quickly, and immediately got started, passing through the scale smoothly from the lowest note to the highest note of the piano.Chen Songmao closed his eyes and listened intently: "Slow down a bit, go through it again!"

Zheng Zijun was stuck in the time for the two hosts to announce the curtain, and was about to finish the second scale, when the speakers on the front stage rang again.Chen Songmao closed his eyes tightly and pursed his lips. He stood there for a while, then suddenly grabbed the wrench and buried half of his body in the piano to adjust the knobs inside.Ning Siqin, who had come over at some time, asked, "How many shows are there?!"

The other members of the regiment were afraid of affecting Chen Songmao, so they didn't dare to speak loudly, and chirped in low voices.A girl playing the cello counted the program list in her hand: "There are five left!"

"I negotiated with the host earlier, we can push back one program, up to two." The group leader said.

"That's four to six gaps." Ning Siqin said.Usually, just the adjustment after the piano is re-stringed, it is necessary to repeat it. It is normal for a tone to be repeated four to six times. Usually, a piano tuner needs to calibrate the entire piano, depending on the condition of the piano. Dozens of times After hundreds of repeated adjustments, the condition of this piano is obviously very bad.Even though Ning Siqin believed in Chen Songmao's professional skills, he couldn't help wondering: Can he really complete such a task in the gap of four to six times?

He was worried at the side, but Chen Songmao actually didn't even notice when Ning Siqin had come back—he was completely focused on the piano right now.After tuning several notes one by one based on his feel, experience, and even intuition, he walked around to the front of the piano and pressed a few keys: "Zheng Zijun, play these notes."

Zheng Zijun tried his best to knock it down with the greatest strength, but the stage in front of him was singing and dancing, and the single sound of the piano was immediately submerged in the deafeningly cheerful music, making it difficult to hear clearly.Chen Songmao bent down and pressed his ears tightly to the body of the piano: "Come again. You keep playing without telling me to stop."

Zheng Zijun played that single sound more than ten times, and then Chen Songmao asked him to change the next sound more than ten times.After trying the five keys one by one, the song was over, Zheng Zijun didn't wait for him to speak, and quickly went through the scale twice again.Chen Songmao memorized each sound carefully, and went around to the back of the piano to continue to adjust.

This process was repeated three times.At the interval of the fourth show, after Zheng Zijun went through the notes, Chen Songmao only slightly adjusted a place in the back cover, let Zheng Zijun go through it again, and then stood up: "Okay. This piano It’s been a long time since I tuned it, so I can’t guarantee the tone, but now the intonation is fine, I’ve checked all the strings, and it won’t be affected.”

It's not yet summer, and you won't feel very hot wearing a shirt and a suit jacket, but when Chen Songmao stood up at this time, the back of his shirt was completely soaked, and his short hair was almost dripping.The members of the Galaxy Orchestra nearby applauded spontaneously. Zheng Zijun was so moved that he didn't know what to say, he grabbed his hand and shook it desperately: "Thank you, Brother Chen, you are really a life-saving grace! Amazing Its skills!"

"Don't, it's too exaggerated to say that." Chen Songmao hastily declined, "Pitch accuracy is a basic skill, and this is nothing more than a solid foundation for me. A good piano tuner should really fine-tune the timbre and expressiveness. This is limited to the environment. , I can’t do it now. It’s really a pity that I can only call out such a semi-finished product when I cooperate with you for the first time.”

"Brother Chen, don't be modest, your skills are absolutely amazing!" Zheng Zijun said quite excitedly.The conductor next to him clapped his hands loudly: "Okay, okay, everyone, don't affect the performance on the stage now. The piano is fine, take care of yourself! Don't wait until the piano on the stage is not malfunctioning, you are malfunctioning!" "

Everyone laughed together and went to prepare their instruments.Ning Siqin handed him a pack of tissues: "Wipe off your sweat."

Chen Songmao took the tissue and smiled at him: "I haven't been so nervous since I became a teacher. It feels like I'm back to the final exam of the year when I first learned to tune the piano."

"You can recommend your teacher to do the final exam." Ning Siqin said, and Chen Songmao laughed: "My brothers and sisters will hate me for the rest of their lives."

Ning Siqin frowned slightly, and the expression on his face seemed to sink a little.He changed the subject as if nothing had happened: "I also took the piano to wait for the show. Are you listening in the background? The effect may not be very good."

"Just in the backstage." Chen Songmao said, Ning Siqin nodded: "Later put on a coat, don't catch a cold."

He turned to get the violin.Chen Songmao waited next to the piano, and helped push the piano onto the stage through a gentle slope during the closing interlude, and then retreated to make room for the band members on stage.

According to Ning Siqin's previous chat, they played the school song of the Technical College of City A, which was performed by the symphony orchestra. It was a bit nondescript, but it was indeed majestic.Generally speaking, when Chen Songmao listens to Yinhe's performance, he will pay attention to the part of the first violin - Ning Siqin is on the first violin.But today, what he paid special attention to was the piano.

The piano played a very important part in the school song, and a microphone was placed in front of it. Although the timbre was a little distorted after being amplified by the microphone, it was much clearer than before.Chen Songmao listened to a few paragraphs and felt a little regretful: the sound quality of this piano itself is actually good, and it is more suitable for playing in an open space. Unfortunately, it has not been maintained for a long time, and the wooden board of the piano body has been damp. When playing with the Accent pedal depressed, the tail sound will be a little muddy.However, he didn't have too high requirements for this piano: he was quite satisfied with a good pitch.

Perhaps it was because Zheng Zijun was not in a good state because he had just experienced a previous accident and his emotions had not yet calmed down. But overall, they completed a complete, even excellent performance without any surprises.The next program is the chorus of the school choir, and the piano accompaniment will be needed at that time, so the piano has not been moved down.Zheng Zijun immediately hugged him after stepping off the stage: "Brother Chen, you are so great! My gratitude to you is like a river flowing endlessly!"

"No, I want to collect money." Chen Songmao half-jokingly said.Zheng Zijun nodded again and again: "Of course, it should be. Head of the group! Come and pay!"

Chen Songmao and the head of the band had never met before. They only knew that his name was Zhou Senlin, the head of the Yinhe Chamber Orchestra, and a well-known young composer.The head of the group didn't come to the stage before, but actually stood beside him all the time, but the two of them were too nervous, worried about listening to the performance on the stage, and they didn't say a word to each other.Now that Zheng Zijun mentioned it, the group leader nodded immediately: "Of course, thank you, Teacher Chen this time. How much?"

"Will the school report the money?" Chen Songmao asked.

"Then they must report it!" As soon as the school was mentioned, the head of the group immediately raised his voice a few degrees, "I asked them to pay one piece when they paid, and now I will advance it to you. How much should I give?"

"The strings plus string replacement are about 150. In order to come here, I gave a discount to the customers who were half-tuned. Since the school pays for it, this loss is also included. Let's round up [-]." Chen Songmao explain.

"Only three hundred?" Zheng Zijun asked, "Brother Chen, you are too polite. Any tuner would pay more than this price for changing strings and tuning. Besides, you are still tuning in such an environment, so shouldn't you increase the price?"

"Strictly speaking, I haven't finished the tuning, and I'm just trying to make a semi-finished product, so I shouldn't be charged for it," said Chen Songmao.

"Take it as an expedited fee for you!" Zheng Zijun said, "Anyway, the school pays for it, Brother Chen, you don't have to be polite!"

"You're welcome, I'm paying this price." Chen Songmao said with a smile.Zheng Zijun shrugged: "Okay."

The team leader ordered three hundred for him, and Chen Songmao went to get a pen from his briefcase to fill out the invoice for him.His briefcase, with the rest of the band's instrument cases, was looked after by the assistant girl he'd met earlier.Ning Siqin was playing the violin next to him, and Chen Songmao asked while holding a pen, "Where are my car keys?"

"Just remembered to ask?" Ning Siqin glanced up at him and smiled, "I put the car keys in your bag, the outermost layer."

Chen Songmao nodded, squatted down and put the invoice book on his lap to write the invoice.After finishing writing, he tore it down and sent it to the head of the regiment. The commander happened to be there, and the two of them expressed their thanks again.Ning Siqin stood beside him and smiled casually: "This time our regiment owes you a favor, do you have any requests?"

"What kind of favor is this? You and Zheng Zijun are both my friends, just doing me a favor." Chen Songmao shook his head, "Thank you again, I'm embarrassed to accept the money for tuning the piano."

While they were talking, the other troupe members had already put down their instruments and gathered again.A girl asked: "Leader, are we still together tonight?"

"What kind of gathering, don't you feel overwhelmed." The head of the group said angrily, paused, and then put on a more serious tone: "I just made this performance purely based on human feelings, and I didn't expect it at the time." There will be so many situations, I did not review clearly, I want to apologize to everyone."

As he spoke, he really bowed halfway, and the other members quickly shook their heads and waved their hands, saying that it doesn't matter, anyway, they will get money anyway.The leader waved his hand: "Okay, let's leave, remember to rehearse as usual tomorrow, don't be absent!"

The school celebration performance is now halfway through, and there are fewer people backstage, but it is still quite crowded for such a large group of people to go out.The team members with cellos and other large musical instruments led the way, while Chen Songmao fell behind. He turned to look for Ning Siqin, and when he turned around, he saw Ning Siqin beside him.Chen Songmao asked: "Do you want to go back together?"

"If I say no, can you find out where your car is?" Ning Siqin asked with a smile, and Chen Songmao laughed when he thought about it.The two of them walked out of the backstage at the end of the team. Most of the team members went directly to the school gate. Only the two of them walked in the opposite direction. Ning Siqin led him along a small lake to the school.Chen Songmao asked: "Are you familiar with this place?"

"It's not very familiar, let's take advantage of it." Ning Siqin said, "You really don't have any other requests?...Any request?"

He suddenly lowered his voice a little for the last four words, with a bit of half-covered temptation.He turned his head to Chen Songmao and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "...Aren't you chasing me?"

The author has something to say: This is a golden finger.

If there are readers in the field of piano tuning, please let me go in this chapter...