technical type

It didn’t take much time to install the goose feet. In the spare time at noon, Cao Mu instructed Ji Mo to choose the wood. This is also a job that requires experience and eyesight. Looking at the past, the quality of the wood is good or bad, and the number of years it has been dried in the shade Whether it meets the requirements, hardness, texture, no scars and insects, etc. must have a basic judgment.

"Good selection of materials, deep meaning, 500 years, has a positive voice."

A foundation was laid from the first step. Cao Mu first stated his requirements, and then asked Ji Mo to choose from those woods. These woods were all left by Mr. Cao when he was here, and it was also Cao Mu's two elder brothers who died Early, the wood has not been consumed too much, otherwise Cao Mu would have to wait a few more years if he wanted to make a piano.

In the last world, Ji Mo studied carving. Although most of them are stone carvings, he also has some experience in wood carving. There are not so many barriers between the various carvers in the big tent. Learning, in the selection of materials, he also has his own experience and experience.

At least his eyesight was not lacking. He looked among the several boards, and found that they were all catalpa wood for making pianos. After a simple cut, the center was cut open, and he could see that the grain inside was straight and there were no scars. The section is worm-eaten, but it’s just that this section is missing. If it is actually used, I’m afraid it will have to be replaced, or as Cao Mu said before, a little compensation will be made during the production process.

When you touch it with your fingers, the years of drying in the shade are different, and you can tell one or two from the color. Of course, it is impossible to be very accurate. You have to touch it to see if you press your fingers down. If you can obviously feel the dampness and coolness, it must be that the age is not enough. , this kind of judgment, experienced people can compress the error within a year or two, and it will not affect the follow-up production too much.

For those with no experience and little experience, like Ji Mo, the error is about three or four years. In the last world, there was still less wood, and the relevant experience was insufficient.

He rummaged through the wood for a long time, and almost used up the rest of the time, and finally he found a piece of wood. There were not many woods left in the house. He chose one out of ten and dug out this piece. It seemed that the efficiency was very low, but when he turned around and saw Cao Mu smiling and nodding, he felt relieved.

"Not bad, good choice."

Cao Mu commented like this, already very satisfied in his heart, the young disciple is really very talented!

It is a rare talent to be able to complete such an important selection of materials with just a few words of his own.

Cao Mu helped Ji Mo, and solemnly placed this piece of wood on the table. The table was a bit high, which was not suitable for Ji Mo to operate. His height could only expose the top of his neck on the table, and the height of the chair stepped on it. It was too high, Cao Mu looked at it, pulled a piece of wood and threw it on the ground without hesitation, letting Ji Mo step on it, the height was just right.

"My two elder brothers have a handful of strength, and the others..."

He couldn't even choose the wood well, luckily Father Cao still kept it.

He didn't say anything after that, but from the sarcastic expression on Cao Mu's face, he knew that it was definitely not a compliment. Seeing that Ji Mo was stepping on it properly, Cao Mu said, "It's finally useful", and let Ji Mo Come down and take him down the mountain.

In spring, there are quite a lot of people going up the mountain. It is the time when the green leaves are not harvested. There will be some wild vegetables in the mountain, which can be eaten fresh. Halfway down to the gentle place, I met a few women from the village. They gathered together to pick Yecai, who was talking, saw Cao Mu coming down, and an older person called out "Cao Shitou".

Cao Mu nodded with a smile, didn't say much, and walked away quickly with Ji Mo on his back.

"It's really like bringing a son, Mrs. Cao is probably going to die of anger!"

"His sister-in-law is going to die of anger. She is picky and picky. Didn't she look at the family before and said that she would take an acre of land as a dowry?"

"An acre of land!"

All the people exclaimed, it is not a big deal for a wealthy family to spend a few acres of land and a few villages and shops as a dowry, but for the villagers, a girl with a foreign surname is a person with a foreign surname when she gets married, and it is beneficial to give more things and money for the dowry Now, where is there a dowry, how rich is it to marry like this!

For many families, real estate is heirloom, not from son to daughter.

The point is that the Cao family only has two acres of land in total. The whole family, the two sisters-in-laws have no children, plus Mrs. Cao and sister-in-law, and Cao Mu himself, two acres of land, five people, that is, the one who can barely eat after paying taxes. Kind of, this also excludes the corvee that is exempted from the extra money paid every year, and it is also necessary to raise more chickens and ducks. There is no meat taste all year round, and it is his family.

This kind of "poor" family can marry half of the land to accompany a sister-in-law. Many poor people will be jealous because of this acre of land, but how will the remaining four people live?

Cao Mu paused, stood behind the tree, and didn't leave immediately. The women didn't notice that he was still there, and continued to talk about these things while looking for wild vegetables. Some of them knew about the Cao family's sister-in-law. What kind of man are you looking for? It's not that the family doesn't enter a house, or that they are lazy and greedy.

"Cao Shitou is an honest leader, I'm afraid he will be bullied to death in the future."

The older woman seemed to sympathize with Cao Mu when she said this.

"It's not that he can't stand up by himself, that family..."

Poor people must have something to hate. Seeing the situation of the Cao family, everyone thinks that the Buddha should be on fire, but Cao Mu can bear it. In this case, if one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer, what can others say?

"One mu of land, that's one mu of land. Cao Shitou, even a fool, can't agree to it!"

Some women said so.

The woman next to her curled her lips: "Doesn't he agree that it's useful? Anyone in his family can speak more usefully than him."

Hearing this, Cao Mu continued to walk down, with Ji Mo on his back, comforting in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, we have ways to make money."

Not to mention anything else, if Cao Mu's violin is sold, he might be able to spend the rest of his life. Not to mention how rich he is, at least he doesn't have to work every day like he is now. The work in the field is not easy to do, even if Cao Mu No matter how careless you are, the sweat is not in vain.

"Heh." Cao Mu sneered and didn't say anything, such a big event at home was kept from him, so it was obvious that they had already prepared it, but who allowed them to take it away?Everything in the Cao family is their own.

Starting from the second day, I don’t know if it was Ji Mo’s illusion, Cao Mu seemed to speed up the progress, the installation of the strings and tuning were completed in one day, and half the afternoon was spent in the hut on the mountain, Ji Mo was inexplicable A sense of urgency, watching and listening carefully, the professional knowledge points are increasing rapidly.

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I understand it when I listen to it, but I am a little anxious when I want to make it again. The sound of the piano is fixed. Which one of them is a bit biased is out of tune.

In this regard, Ji Mo is definitely not born with perfect pitch, so he has to listen to it several times, wishing to remember it in his heart immediately, so that he can compare the error when he listens to other sounds next time, it's all based on his ears!

I finally understand why the Cao family kept a model piano. It is not all about the shape and accessories, but it must also be used for setting the tone. In contrast, after repeated several times, as long as it is not tone-deaf, it should be able to find the correct tone.

After tuning, a guqin is considered to be finished. Cao Mu wrapped the guqin and put it in the box that had been prepared earlier, and then watched Ji Mo make the shape of the guqin. There are several shapes of the guqin, what about Luoxia? Pose, Banana Leaf Pose, Sounding Spring Pose, Lingji Pose, Lianzhu Pose, Sword Pose, etc.

Cao Mu roughly talked about the similarities and differences of several styles, and it was up to Ji Mo to choose which style. Ji Mo finally chose the Dieqi style, for no other reason. It takes a lot of effort to create a symmetrical and aesthetically pleasing arc. On this point, it is rare for Ji Mo to be a little lazy.

Regarding this, Cao Mu didn't say anything, children, they don't know how normal it is to look up to Qian.

The shape is always an external factor, except that the aesthetics can be linked to the money, and it does not affect the sound of the piano. The remaining difficulties are the curvature of the panel, the straight bottom, the arch of the panel, "there is no room for paper", "lowering the head and raising the forehead", etc. All need to pay attention to.

Cao Mu explained the main points, but he didn't mean to watch Ji Mo finish, but quickly moved on to the next step, which is to go up the groove structure that Ji Mo made when he first met Cao Mu, and when Ji Mo followed him for the first time , Cao Mu is already finishing the groove belly. This time, I will talk about the beginning, how to determine the location of the groove belly. Impact.

It took a long time for this talk, Ji Dalang couldn’t wait for anyone, so he called a few times when he was looking for someone on the mountain, Cao Mucai stopped and took Ji Mo out, and when he went out, he said: “From now on, this wooden house will be left to you. Now, you can use the wood inside as you like, anyway, you are also my disciple, so you can’t have nothing at all.”

"?" Ji Mo grabbed Cao Mu's clothes with a sense of crisis, "Master?"

"Okay, don't say it."

Cao Mu gave a warning, answered Ji Dalang's words loudly, and led Ji Mo down the mountain quickly, and the two sides met each other halfway.

When Ji Dalang met, he blamed him: "What's wrong with you? I waited for so long and couldn't wait for anyone. I thought something happened to you!"

There was already sweat on his head, news of accidents in the mountains was heard from time to time, it was really not reassuring.

At the beginning of the year, Ji Dalang didn’t go to Cen Carpenter’s house anymore, but Ji Mo still wanted to find Cao Mu. The Ji family was worried, so they asked Ji Dalang to pick him up, knowing that Ji Mo followed Cao Mu in the morning and was just in the field Running around, let him come over for lunch, bring Cao Mu a meal and hang out with him for half a day. In the afternoon, Ji Dalang will pick him up from Cao Mu.

Now that he is busy with getting married, Ji Dalang doesn't want to go to the neighboring village all the time, so he made an agreement with Cao Mu to let him walk a little longer every day to send Ji Mo to their village, and by the way, he can be with him I had dinner at home, Cao Mu responded like this before, and he did a good job. Today, the meal is ready, and before the person returns, Ji Dalang was assigned by Ji's mother to look for him.