ChineseToday | Piano tuner, a creator of melodious sound-Xinhua
ChineseToday | Piano tuner, a creator of melodious sound
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-01-30 15:16:31
SHENYANG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yongqing, a piano tuner, has been dedicating over 30 years to this profession since graduating from a technical school with a major in instrument manufacturing.
Each piano comprises 88 keys, over 200 strings, and numerous components. Changes in temperature and humidity can cause subtle alteration to the piano's pitch and mechanical state. Zhang's role as a tuner is to counteract these changes, ensuring the piano maintains stable and accurate sound production.
This job requires high professional competence and demands deep expertise, musical talent, keen observation, listening skills, and strong hands-on ability. Despite the perceived monotony of the job, Zhang sees each tuning session as a dialogue with the piano, involving precise adjustments to tones, key pressures, and meticulous handling of screws and components.
Zhang Yongqing poses for a photo with a tuned piano at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)Zhang Yongqing tunes a piano at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)Zhang Yongqing tunes a piano at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)Zhang Yongqing tunes a piano at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)Zhang Yongqing tunes a piano at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)Zhang Yongqing tunes a piano at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)Zhang Yongqing checks the wood to be used to produce pianos at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)Zhang Yongqing tunes a piano at a factory of a musical instrument company in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
Producer: Wang Jianhua
Coordinators: Wang Qingqin, Meng Chenguang
Reporters: Yang Qing, Chen Wei
Editors: Wang Jingqiang, Jin Haoyuan, Zhang Chen, Chen Liqun
