After listening to Fei Lao's introduction to opening a private museum in the capital, Chu Chen fell into deep thought.

For Chu Chen, the first one, as long as he asks his uncle Zhao Qirui or second brother Chu Junfeng to help solve it. Articles 2, 3 and 6 were not at all a problem for him.

The key is the fourth article, a bachelor's degree or above and more than two years of museum management work experience, he must not have, as for the relevant field of expertise, he has it, but how to define it when applying, which makes him a little confused.

"Fei Lao, there is a legend in this related field, how will it be defined then?"

Liu Lao said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, when you apply, just hand in the expert certificate." ”

Hearing that this is the case, Chu Chen has nothing to worry about, as for the fifth article, he has to think about it. In these years, although three-legged toads are difficult to find, and there are two-legged people, it is not so easy to find relevant professionals.

Moreover, many of Chu Chen's cultural relics were priceless treasures, and he didn't want to recruit a guy who ate inside and outside and focused on his collections all day long.

However, Chu Chen is not in a hurry about this matter, with his connections in the antique industry, he can still find several experts with professional operators.

What he is most concerned about now is the location of the museum. The fame of the museum, with so many national treasures, he is not worried, but with fame, the location of the museum cannot be sloppy. It doesn't seem to be what corner the museum is built in, and how many people will flow there, right?

But. It was not the time to think about these things in front of him, after Chu Chen came back to his senses. Then listen to Fei Lao's introduction.

Subsequently, Fei Lao briefly explained the country's policies and regulations. Basically, the regulations just mentioned are not too much, and there is no problem for Chu Chen.

After Fei Lao finished finishing the application procedure, Chu Chen hurriedly thanked: "Fei Lao, thank you so much, with your introduction, I can save a lot of time." ”

"It's just a gesture." Fei Lao smiled and shook his head: "I really want to say thank you, it should be me, with your help, I have saved a lot of advertising costs." ”

Liu Lao chuckled lightly when he heard this. said: "Lao Fei, since this is the case, should you come out with some sincerity?" ”

"Of course it should be!" Fei Lao pondered for a while and said, "Otherwise, if Xiao Chu's piano is genuine, or an imitation with outstanding sound quality, then I will replace it with ice strings made by Li Defu, how about it?" ”

"Ice strings? Could it be the legendary 'ice strings' of the ice strings? Liu Sizhe asked with a look of surprise.

The ice string piano that Liu Sizhe said is an ancient famous qin, and it is said that its strings are made of ice silk.

When Liu Lao heard this, he sneered and said, "Didn't you memorize so much knowledge of the guqin. Don't even know about Ice String? ”

Seeing Liu Sizhe's embarrassed appearance, Chu Chen asked with a smile: "You should know that in ancient times, silk strings were used, right?" ”

"Yes." Liu Sizhe nodded.

Today, the strings used to play the piano are generally steel strings. In ancient times, the strings were made of silk.

Legend has it that silkworms are the most well-behaved, and they can often meet objects when making cocoons. There was a widow. Alone in a room, long nights on the pillow. Can't sleep peacefully. She leaned on the head of the bed and looked through the hole in the wall at the silkworms in her neighbor's house making cocoons. The next day. The shape of the cocoon is a bit like the widow's face, and it is vaguely a sad face.

When Cai Yong saw it, he bought the silkworm cocoon, reeled the silk and made it into strings, and installed it on the guqin. When playing, the sound of the piano always has a bit of sorrow and sorrow, and others often shed tears of sympathy when they listen to it. Cai Yong asked his daughter Cai Wenji about the reason, and Wen Ji replied: "This is widow silk." ”

"Silk" and "thought" have the same sound, and the widow's thoughts are, of course, sad and tactful, lingering and compassionate. This story also illustrates a problem: the strings of the guqin are made of silk, which is made of toughness and pure pronunciation.

Chu Chen said: "Before the Song Dynasty, most of the strings were made by the pianist, and after the Ming Dynasty, most of them were commercial strings. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the strings are best recommended to Hangzhou. Huitang, its first generation Li Shiying began to produce guqin strings since the Ming Dynasty, and the strings made were called 'ice strings', which were designated as tributes to the inner government. ”

The Li family has been inherited for more than 300 years, until the ninth generation of the Qing Daoguang period, Li Defu, died without an heir, so he broke off, and then continued by his apprentices. Huitang produced strings for the brand, but the quality was not as good as before, in 1939, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Hangzhou Lao Santai's "Hui. Huitang Strings" was discontinued. For a time, many pianists lamented that there were no more good strings available. ”

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Liu Sizhe finally understood what the ice string meant, and he said: "Aren't they all steel strings now?" Satsuki's piano is a steel string, and I think it's pretty good! ”

"So, I'm going to say you're playing the harp to a cow."

Liu Lao just wanted to pick Liu Sizhe's thorn today, he said: "Although the steel strings are durable and stable, especially the advantages of smooth surface, they have changed the embarrassment of playing some slow "less sound and more rhyme" piano music, such as "Flat Sand and Falling Geese", "Remembering the Old Man", and "Good Night Introduction", which are praised by the qin people. But its obnoxious metallic sound, its overly lengthy aftertones, and other flaws are also the consensus of most piano players. ”

Liu Sizhe also argued: "Traditional silk strings also have many shortcomings, in addition to the strings are not as smooth as steel strings, the friction sound is large, the performance is not stable enough, the larger range is affected by temperature and humidity, not durable, high cost of use." And if nothing else, can the volume of the silk string be as loud as the steel string? ”

Liu Lao didn't expect it, Liu Sizhe remembered it quite clearly, which shows that Liu Sizhe really learned by heart, which made him secretly very happy, but he was a supporter of silk strings, and immediately retorted:

"Although the volume of the steel strings is large, it does not have the full sound quality and strength of traditional silk strings, and lacks the 'graininess' and 'bone strength' of traditional silk string playing, and the sound presents a state of 'fatigue'. Whether the strings are played vigorously or lightly, the condition is the same, and there is no doubt that this state affects the performance of the music. ”

"The important thing is that the timbre produced by the steel strings lacks the nostalgic 'charm' of traditional piano music and is very close to the human voice, that is, the warm color with a certain human touch. The timbre of the steel strings, when I heard it for the first time, I felt quite harsh, and I don't know how people accept it now. ”

Liu Sizhe muttered: "If you want me to say, this matter is still your problem, if you opposed it at the beginning, the steel string would not be so easily accepted by everyone." ”

Liu Lao sighed when he heard this, the original conversion from silk strings to steel strings can be said to have been completed quietly, the reason for this is that in addition to the temporary system of silk strings, it is also because it was a special period of the country, and the role of steel strings was a new thing, and no one dared to oppose it at all. (To be continued......)