The restaurant Qi Feng booked for his old friends was at a well-known restaurant not far from the Chopin Society.
It was already dinner time, and when everyone walked into the restaurant, the lobby was already a little lively.
Qi Feng led everyone straight to a square table in the corner of the restaurant.
Sitting on the table is a long-haired girl with an Asian face.
The girl seemed to have been waiting for a long time. When everyone came over, she had already stood up with a smile on her face.
Several people were confused.
Qi Feng stepped forward and hugged the girl, turned around and looked at everyone and said with a smile, "Sun Xiaolin, my girlfriend is from Fujian Province and plays the violin."
The girl shyly greeted everyone, "Hello everyone, nice to meet you. Qi Feng often mentions your affairs to me."
"I went and you didn't even tell us!" Feng Ziyan turned to Qi Feng with an expression that said you are too uninterested, "When did it happen?"
Qi Feng rarely quarreled with him and scratched the back of his head: "Last month, last month, didn't I tell you this?"
It turned out that there was such a thing, and no one had thought of it before, so they sent their blessings one after another.
"Okay, okay, I thank you all, please sit down quickly, I'm so nervous," Qi Feng greeted everyone to sit down, and on the other side, he greeted the waiter to serve the meal.
Duan Ran and Qin Jian naturally sat on one side, Feng Ziyan and Zhao Yinuo were also tied together and sat on the other side, while Sun Xiaolin and Qi Feng still stood aside and watched.
Only Fang Zongyao and Xia Shu were left.
"Xia Shu, please sit here." Duan Ran motioned Xia Shu to sit on her right hand.
"Hi." Xia Shu also sat down.
"You sit down too, Lao Fang," Feng Ziyan shouted.
Fang Zongyao calmly sat on Xia Shu's right side. He had no choice. He couldn't get in between Qi Feng and Sun Xiaolin.
Seeing that everyone was seated, the young couple Qi Feng also sat down.
There is a square table with four corners, eight people facing each other.
...
The dishes Qi Feng ordered were pretty good, at least there was no red cabbage soup.
As the dinner began, the atmosphere at the dinner table gradually became more lively, and everyone's topic returned to the preliminary contest five days later.
Dining room.
Qi Feng: “Has everyone’s pianos been set?”
Feng Ziyan: "I'm still struggling. I decided on 308, right?"
Fang Zongyao: "Well, I plan to use Faziolli for the preliminaries. I'll wait until the main competition. I haven't tried the new Steinway yet."
Qin Jian: "I tried the new 274 yesterday. Personally, I feel that the strength and flexibility have improved to a certain extent. The tone in the middle and high range is obviously more three-dimensional. The single-note tone is still as good as ever, although the overall tone has not changed much.
But it can be regarded as a big improvement over the old 274."
"You will know after you try it the day after tomorrow."
Qin Jian's words made everyone stunned. After all, the new 274 has not been officially released yet, but no one gossiped about other issues.
Zhao Yinuo asked Xiang Qin Jian: "So do you plan to use a Steinway in the preliminary round?"
Qin Jian shook his head, "I haven't thought about it yet. I want to hear the actual effect of the venue when I try the piano. For the time being, I still prefer cfx."
Speaking of cfx, Natsuki also interjected: "Yamah Company will also release a new cfx in May."
"Oh?" Qin Jian asked suspiciously, looking at Xia Shu, "Have you tried it?"
"Um."
Xia Shu nodded, seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on her face, coughed slightly, and then said: "Basically, there is not much difference in feel from the cfx that everyone has played. The keys are sensitive and the sound is clear, but
The new CFX uses an independent tuning rod, so the tone will sound a little different from before.”
"Independent bowstring?!" Qin Jian couldn't help but raise his voice and asked quickly, "Really?"
Everyone looked at Qin Jian in confusion. They didn't quite know what the independent string-bar was.
For the vast majority of piano players, piano craftsmanship and tuning are not what they are good at, even professional pianists.
Xia Shu looked at Qin Jian and nodded again, "I'm sure."
Qin Jian squinted his eyes. If it was true as Xia Shu said, this yamah's move would be too big...
"What's the situation?" Feng Ziyan couldn't help it, "What are you two talking about? What is an independent stringer?"
Qin Jian thought for a while, and it was a bit troublesome to explain this issue in detail, "Simply speaking, the string-pressing rod is a component in the string tensioning system. The general string-pressing rod causes the string to form a gap between the strings and the saddle surface.
The pressing angle can stabilize the strings, but under long-term continuous playing, the general pressing bar will not only restrict the strings, but also cause some subtle changes in the sound of the strings."
After a pause, he continued to explain: "But the independent string pressing rod is restricted when braking the strings without causing problems such as displacement and beating on the nut surface, and it can make the string arrangement position and
The gear distance is guaranteed by more reliable positioning.”
Or at this point, everyone seems to understand something.
Fang Zongyao asked: "Does that mean that the independent tailpiece can always maintain the original tone of the piano, even after playing for a long time?"
Qin Jian nodded.
With this nod, four words immediately popped into everyone's mind except Sun Xiaolin.
"Bösendorfer!" Zhao Yinuo said subconsciously.
Although every piano player has his own preference for timbre, when it comes to the texture of single-note timbre, Bösendorfer's timbre is almost recognized as the number one in the industry.
Qin Jian sighed, "Yes, but the independent tailpiece has always been Bösendorfer's patented technology."
As soon as these words came out, everyone completely understood.
Qin Jian also wanted to know what was going on. Are the two major factories going to unite to fight against Steinway?
However, compared to this problem, Qin Jian wanted to try the new cfx as soon as possible. If cfx could really solve the problem of light tone, then he would hardly have to be biased anymore.
Must be cfx.
Everyone sighed, "Duan Ran, where are you?" Qi Feng asked.
"Me," Duan Ran looked at Qin Jian, "I should choose the Steinway."
"Don't look at me." Qin Jian smiled, "Decide for yourself."
"Hmph~"
Duan Ran hummed, and everyone laughed.
Qin Jian continued: "Everyone should try to choose something that is convenient for the preliminary round. After all, there is still half a year before the main competition, and there is still room for adjustment during this period."
"What I'm saying is that everyone should work hard to get into the eighty-man list first."
As he spoke, Qi Feng raised his cup and said, "Come, wish us victory."
"come on!!"
...
After lunch, outside the restaurant door.
"Then let's go back first and meet at the entrance of the Warsaw Concert Hall at 3:30 the day after tomorrow." Feng Ziyan and Qi Feng made an appointment for a piano test, and they were in the same time slot.
"Let's go, let's go."
After that, he and Zhao Yinuo called a car and left.
"Zong Yao, are you going back to the hotel?" Qin Jian asked. "Is it far?"
Fang Zongyao hummed and said, "It's a little far from here, Clint Hotel."
Qin Jian nodded and was about to turn on his mobile phone to call a taxi.
"That's just right."
Duan Ran said, looked at Xia Shu and smiled: "Someone will help you share the fare."