The world's number one pianist

Since He Shen agreed, Wang Pei took He Shen downstairs and got into his newly bought car. The two drove towards a direction close to the suburbs of Jiangzhou Ningcheng.

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

"Oh, by the way, don't think that Wang Yi is a studio that makes pianos, so you don't care much."

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

"In his early years, he studied piano tuning at the Conservatory of Music of Jiangzhou University of Arts."

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

"First, he went to Japan and studied piano making and piano tuning with Kameda, a senior trainer of Yamaha grand piano manufacturing in Japan."

"After learning, he did not He did not stop learning just like that, but continued to Germany and joined Steinway's factory in Hamburg as an apprentice. "

"Following that, he followed the tuning master, the silencer supervisor, the piano senior manufacturing master, and the senior concert technician, and followed them to learn in the factory."

"If I remember correctly, he finally obtained the senior concert technician certificate."

"Finally, he formed his unique piano tuning technology!"

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

Speaking of this place, the two have come to a very remote place in Ningcheng. Most of this place is factories, and the surroundings look 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 wiped his sweat while talking to He Shen.

"He told us before that he was Lang Liangyue's dedicated tuning technician when he and Wang Jia performed at concerts in China."

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

"Although Lang Liangyue usually uses not one or two technicians, but a whole team of technicians to work for him."

"But his skills can be regarded as the strongest among the entire team of technicians."

"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 about being impulsive and saying I want to do business. This kind of business usually doesn't last long."

"The most important thing about doing business is to find 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!"

"When Mr. Wang, he is needed by countless people, After asking him to help tune and customize the piano, he started his own business! "

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

"Specially responsible for the renovation of old Yamaha Steinway pianos and tailor-made new pianos!"

"The most important thing is..."

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

At the edge of the underground garage.

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

Wang Pei stood at the door, tidied his clothes a little, then blinked at He Shen, patted He Shen's back with his hand, and smiled.

"The point is, he is very cheap!"

After saying that, he walked inside, and He Shen immediately followed him.

Through this iron gate, there are studios around, and there are many people arranging pianos or making pianos by hand!

At the end of these studios, there is a large exhibition room wrapped in glass and covering a huge area!

Countless pianos are placed in it!

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

From Yamaha, to Steinway, to Fazioli.

Various pianos are placed in the exhibition hall in order, and each one looks extremely beautiful!

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

Each one is very gorgeous!

Next to these pianos, there are huge humidifiers and dehumidifiers, which are constantly spewing white mist.

Before He Shen spoke, a voice came from his side.

"How about them, are they beautiful?"

A man in his forties, with a beard and a slightly haggard look, walked out from behind He Shen.

He patted He Shen's shoulder, walked towards the glass room in front of him, reached out to open the lock on the door, opened the glass door, reached out to He Shen, and nodded slightly.

"Welcome to Wangwang Studio, He Shen."

After saying that, he looked at Wang Pei standing aside and smiled.

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

"Hehe, I'm overworked because I've been busy lately, right?"

Wang Pei touched his head, waved to He Shen and Wang Yi, and smiled.

"Well, you two can chat first, I'll leave first. Oh, by the way, He Shen, you just moved, I'll give you some bedding sets and some normal household items later, so that at least you can live in a humane way."

After saying that, he waved to the two of them without any hesitation, turned around and left directly.

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

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

"Yes..." He Shen stepped forward, followed him into the glass room, looked at Wang Yi, and said slowly: "I need a piano. I may not have much money on me at the moment, probably less than 500,000..."

"500,000, is enough..."

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

He thought of He Shen halfway through the pour, turned his head and asked He Shen: "Black coffee, how about it?"

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

Hearing He Shen's refusal, Wang Yi was a little regretful and snorted twice.

"This coffee has a very strong caramel aroma. I like this flavor of coffee very much, and its subsequent sweetness is also very strong."

"Well, but if you don't like it, forget it."

After Wang Yi poured the coffee, he drank it all in one gulp and turned to look at He Shen.

Only then did he obviously have a little more energy. He smiled at He Shen and explained.

"After all, the piano I made myself does not have the brand effect of a big factory. In fact, a personal customized piano is only about 300,000 yuan, which is not particularly expensive."

"If you want those decades-old pianos that we have repaired, it may be even cheaper!"

"For example, a Steinway A124, I heard the quotation from the Asian Steinway Center in Zhongzhou Zhongcheng before, it seems to be 970,000."

"The refurbished piano here can be bought for less than 200,000 yuan."

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

"All the pianos in this place are basically made by us. The white, particularly gorgeous piano in the middle is the work we sent to the China Musical Instruments Exhibition before."

"That piano has just been shipped back and has not been rearranged yet. The sound may not be very good. Please forgive me."

"But the other pianos have been adjusted. You can try them."

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

After saying that, he raised the coffee in his hand to He Shen, and then found a seat and sat down casually, 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 stool and sit down, put your hands on the piano keyboard, and push it down slowly.

Buzz...

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

He Shen casually played a Chopin etude, op10-1, which is the so-called hymn escape song.

He did not use his full strength, just a normal interpretation, probably maintained at Lv8.

At first, He Shen didn't have much expectation, but the moment the sound came out, He Shen was stunned.

The sound is very beautiful! Very beautiful, very beautiful!

The force descended along the piano keys, and suddenly hit the strings at the back along the multi-layered levers.

The special sound of Steinway A124 burst out from the piano instantly.

And...

He Shen's eyes widened.

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

Rather, it feels like a concert piano!

The tone of the whole sound is extremely mellow, even if it is played hard, there is no particularly heavy explosion sound.

The feeling of this sound is very good! It makes people feel very comfortable

He Shen instantly looked at Wang Yi, who was lying on the piano hammer device and was a little sleepy and wanted to sleep, and couldn't help but nod silently in his heart.

Sure enough, what Wang Pei said was right!

The Wang Yi in front of him is definitely a very powerful piano technician!

His personal technical talent is all about piano manufacturing, which is different from those who play the piano.

They carve the pianos that leave their hands with the attitude of carving a work of art.

No matter whether this piano is their own work or someone else's.

This kind of strength...

He Shen had to admit that Wang Pei's recommendation of this person to him was absolutely worth the money!

It can even be said that it was very cheap!

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

He Shen first walked to the piano that Wang Yi said was not good before and tried it casually.

There was no problem with the pitch and the feel.

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

For example.

The sound of the piano just now might be the kind of pearls that fell on a jade plate.

Valley Oval

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

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

The kawaii SK-II piano that He Shen used before had a very obvious acupuncture feeling.

The tone was slightly sharp.

The same is true for some other pianos.

The only pianos that He Shen had touched that could truly compare with the Steinway A124 he just touched were those!

The pianos I touched at the Chopin International Piano Competition before.

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

The world's top piano technicians.

A top piano technician who specializes in concerts and tuning for top pianists.

He Shen let go of the 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 aside, slowly opened his eyes.

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

It wasn't just how He Shen played the piano, he could feel it with his eyes closed.

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

This is his habit.

He is very used to observing those who play the piano and looking at their small details.

From these small details, you can clearly feel whether the pianist's playing level is strong or weak!

These things are very clear!

For example, the movement of arms and wrists.

Sometimes when playing Chopin's works, you need to draw circles.

How should we draw this kind of circle?

These are all very detailed.

Draw a circle on the wrist and arm as a whole, and you can play the line very clearly.

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

The fall to the back gives the piano a heavy feeling at the end.

It is also said that it gives a round beginning and a heaviness at the beginning, and a floating feeling of lift at the end.

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

therefore……

Wang Yi wanted to see how many details He Shen had inside him.

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

At first, Wang Yi didn't pay much attention. He even felt like yawning.

But later, he was stunned.

The further back he got, the straighter he sat.

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

He looked at He Shen, his eyes full of shock.

He never imagined that there would be such a person with such strength!

He Shen's strength is one of the strongest piano players he has ever seen!

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

These things are all external to those who make pianos.

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

When He Shen first sat down at the piano, he would play something casually.

There was no problem with this thing at first, it just felt like a practice.

But after just one etude, He Shen was able to roughly grasp whether this piano was suitable for him.

What is the most special thing about this piano?

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

Except for some small details set by Wang Yi, He Shen could not find them.

Most of the other characteristics were captured by He Shen.

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

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

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

"What does it look like?"

He Shen stood there, not sure what Wang Yi meant.

As soon as Wang saw the confusion in He Shen's eyes, he immediately explained:

"Case, what kind of case do you like? And do you have any special preferences in terms of sound? How about the feel?"

"shell……"

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

"A pure black shell is fine, there are no special requirements."

"As for the tone, I like something with more control and development!"

"That particularly pure bright color and mellow tone make it easy to shape the music."

Wang Yi touched his chin and thought thoughtfully: "More development means not to limit whether this piano is similar to the bright color of Fazioli or the particularly mellow sound of a Steinway."

"Well, it's a bit similar to the feeling of Yamaha, but maybe a little bit more Steinway."

"Maximize controllability 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 his hand to Wang Yi inexplicably.

Wang Yi looked at He Shen's hand, looked up and down, glanced at He Shen again, and continued to be 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.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand, transfer the money, and I will start customizing a piano specifically 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 piano that has just been renovated and tuned. The price is only three thousand a month."

"The price of that Steinway is 240,000. If you want to buy this Steinway, the rent you paid can be deducted!"

"That is to say, if you continue to rent for 80 months, this piano that has just been refurbished and tuned will be yours!"

"Okay, finally give me your address. I will arrange for several of my students and apprentices to come and help transport the pianos."

"Which piano do you want?"

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

"That Steinway."

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

After that, he took out two standard contracts from under the messy workbench, wrote down the price of renting the piano, and his signature on them.

After signing, he handed the two standard contracts to He Shen and pointed to the back and spoke.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to tell you that if you don't send us an email to tell us the rental time of the Steinway, then we will directly transport the Steinway away when we deliver your piano!"

"Are there any problems?"

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

Wang Yi nodded and said very tiredly: "Sign it!"

He Shen took the contract from his hand, signed his name, and handed one of the copies back to Wang Yi.

After Wang Yi confirmed it, He Shen did not hesitate to directly transfer the piano rental money and the 350,000 yuan customization money to Wang Yi.

And Wang Yi did not hesitate to walk outside, called four apprentices to the people working in the workshop, and pointed at He Shen.

"No, Tianyou, the four of you, help deliver that Steinway to Teacher He Shen, ask him for the address."

"By the way, help Teacher He Shen arrange the humidification and dehumidification things, don't let the piano break."

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

"This is my business card. If you need to tune the piano for a domestic concert, you can contact me."

After that, Wang Yi waved to He Shen, stuffed the contract in his hand into the workbench, and turned to walk to the workshop on the side.

The four apprentices also moved 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 and thin man named Tianyou, who was full of artistic atmosphere, suddenly asked.

"Um, Teacher He Shen, where should this piano be moved to?"

"Move it to my house."

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

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

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

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

Time passed in the music.

Soon, a new school year will begin!

In China, the seven music schools under the two major schools are also secretly competing for the third largest music school.

After all, no music school wants to be inferior to others forever!

Including the newly born Jiangzhou Music School!