Victor was in a very bad mood at this time. If he couldn't make the harpsichord meet his needs, then the newly written piano concerto could only barely reach the level of performance in the chant hall, and it would be difficult for the nobles and musicians who came to his concert to listen to him. The scholars and critics were satisfied and praised, and perhaps he would be criticized by Wolff in the "Music Review" afterwards, and perhaps he would never have the opportunity to be invited by the Musicians Association or the Grand Duke to perform in the Chant Hall for the second time in the future.
Victor has seen many such musicians. Every year, several outstanding musicians cannot go from "excellent" to "famous" for a long time because their first concert in the chant hall did not achieve the expected success. The ranks, some even suffered a blow, and have gradually become mediocre since then. As for the unlucky one who committed suicide in despair because of the failure of the first chant hall concert, there is always one every two or three years. The spirit of musicians is indeed very sensitive sometimes. , slender and fragile.
Therefore, when he heard Lucien interjected blindly and was harshly judged by Xavier, Victor couldn't help being agitated, but he understood that Lucien was trying to help him out of kindness, so he suppressed his mellow voice and said: "Lucien Well, thanks for the idea, but if a combination of harpsichord and clavichord solved all the problems, it would have been solved already."
Rhine looked at Lucien with a half-smile, as if expecting his answer, while Lot, Herodotus, Phyllis, etc. looked at Lucien with disgust, and interrupted when the gentlemen were discussing the problem , is not a well-educated behavior, and he is still talking nonsense, they all cursed in their hearts: "It really is a rude, arrogant ignorant from the slums."
Although in just a short while, Lucien did not understand the two books "Piano Making and Tuning" and "Principles of Modern Piano Mechanics", and even only read the first ten pages, but the main differences between the two pianos and modern pianos , I still roughly saw the point, and compared the exposed structure of the harpsichord that has been opened, I already have a draft of how to answer: "Maybe through some mechanical devices, the distance of finger pressing can be enlarged to make the hammer hit the string. volume increased."
What Lucien said was vague, and he completely positioned his own level as that of a poor man who accidentally heard about two types of clavichord defects in the Musicians Association and was influenced by the atmosphere of alto music in his daily life. Precise description, such as vibration amplitude, etc.
"Zoom in? How to zoom in?" Xavier's eyes became more serious, and his white eyebrows were squeezed together fiercely. The development of musical instruments in the past three hundred years has been ferocious. It's not like no one has had similar ideas, but after several previous failures, No one tried again.
Under the puzzled eyes of Victor, Rhine and others, Lucien took off a flute from the musical instrument rack, walked to the desk beside him, picked up a bottle of ink as a fulcrum, and demonstrated the principle of leverage: "I accidentally I once saw a farmer prying a big rock open with sticks and small stones, and later found that life is full of such phenomena, doesn’t this just magnify the distance between up and down?”
"In this way..." Xia Weier did not refute, but thought: "But the speed of hitting the strings becomes slower..." As a harpsichord maker, he soon discovered that such a change would bring another question.
Originally, it was just doubts and fun, but during Lucien's demonstration, Rhine became serious and serious. At this moment, he took a step forward and said with a smile, "It's great, Lucien, you actually discovered the principle of leverage in your life. Really good at observing and summarizing.”
Lucien was in a daze on the surface, as if he didn't understand what Rhine was talking about, but he was very surprised in his heart, Rhine actually knew and also called it the principle of leverage
And it seems that Victor, Phyllis, Lott and others, even Xavier, either didn't know about it at all, or even if they noticed this phenomenon, they didn't summarize it and couldn't name it.
"The principle of leverage was summed up very early on the earth, and it is not surprising to find that the principle of leverage is derived from Alto's living standard in the mainland. It may have appeared in other countries on the mainland, but because it is In a world that pursues magic and blood power, this kind of knowledge spreads very slowly." Lucien secretly speculated that the summary of this kind of life phenomenon could not meet the taboos of the church, after all, churches with real magic are better than those on earth. I have a lot of confidence, and I haven't even suppressed the development of music, otherwise I wouldn't dare to stand up and demonstrate.
Seeing the strange expressions on everyone's faces, Rhine explained with a gentle smile: "This is a living phenomenon. I also heard about it when I was traveling in Holm. It has been discovered and summarized by local scholars for hundreds of years. It is called leverage. The principle, but Lucien, have you noticed that the moving distance and the magnitude of the force are opposite."
"Of course I know." Lucien said silently, but a confused expression appeared on his face, "Really? It turned out to be like this? Then can you get several of these levers together?"
Lucien was only going to say this. The three-stage lever transmission method is not something a poor person can understand. As for whether it can inspire them, and to what extent, it is beyond his control.
Rhine's silver-moon eyes suddenly lit up: "Connected together? Multi-level conduction? You can try it." So he walked to the harpsichord, discussed with Xavier in a low voice, and took out a quill and paper to draw wearing something.
Watching this scene quietly, Lucien seemed to be as strange as Lott and Phyllis, but in fact he calmly observed Rhine's actions, and said to himself: "He is really weird, not on the surface. violinist or bard."
Victor watched Rhine and Xavier busy with nervousness and anticipation. Later, he even joined the discussion and provided professional advice for musicians.
As a result, Lucien, Lott, Phyllis and the others were left by the door.
Lott was full of interest in Lucien who caused such a change, and finally spoke to him: "Actually, I have seen this phenomenon before, but I have never thought about it deeply. Lucien, you have a rare Quality. How did you come up with that?"
Although Phyllis was also a little curious about Lucien, she pointed to Rhine and Victor who were busy in the piano room: "Be quiet. If you want to chat, go downstairs." Then she turned her head and looked at the three men intently. Serious and busy scenes, I don't know what I'm looking at.
Lott hadn't gotten to the point where he wanted to get acquainted with Lucien, and he was more interested in the modification of the harpsichord, so he nodded, stopped talking, walked into the piano room, and watched from a moderate distance.
As for Herodotus, Colin, Renee, and others, they were very unhappy with Lucien's limelight, and felt dissatisfied and contemptuous. Naturally, they did not talk to him, but continued to look at Victor and the others, vaguely hoping that the transformation would fail , Lucien was scolded.
Lucien was also very curious about the effect of the transformation of the harpsichord, and it was also related to the success of borrowing the dictionary later, so he took his time and carefully read "Piano Production and Tuning" next to him. In the two books of "Modern Piano Mechanics", the three-stage lever transmission method is only an important point that distinguishes modern pianos from clavichords, but not all.
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The loud and thick voice sounded in the piano room, and then fell down, becoming delicate and soft, like a whisper at night.
"Great, it's really great." Victor's face was so ruddy that it almost glowed, and he was in a very good mood. Although there are still many problems in the transformation of the harpsichord, he has taken a crucial step, "Thank you You, Rhine, thank you, Mr. Xavier."
Rhine smiled warmly: "It will be my honor if I can make a wonderful musical instrument."
On the other hand, Lucien was more and more sure of Rhine's eccentricity. He not only created a three-stage lever transmission, but also combined the revibration lever system, so that this harpsichord can be played in rapid succession: "Fortunately, He hasn't come up with other devices, otherwise, I would think he has seen a modern piano."
After Victor gave Rhine and Xavier a warm hug, he walked up to Lucien, opened his arms, and hugged Lucien: "Thank you too, Lucien, without you, it would be difficult for us to go this way." I think. Thank you, Lord, for allowing You to give us the most critical guidance at the most critical moment."
"It's nothing, Mr. Victor, I just expressed my reckless thoughts, but I didn't expect it would really work." Lucien was not used to hugging a man, so he was a bit restrained.
Victor let go of Lucien, laughed loudly, and said sincerely: "No matter what, thank you, Lucien, you can ask for whatever you want, and I will satisfy you if you can."
This sentence caused Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus to look at Lucien with a little jealousy. It is really great to be thanked by Mr. Victor.
Before getting Mr. Victor's permission, Anne, Colin and others who studied music with him became even more envious and jealous. The meaning of this sentence, they knew very well, showed that Mr. Victor was willing to accept Lucien as a real student— A true student of music, it's something each of them could only dream of.
Lucien was full of other thoughts, and blurted out:
"Can you lend me the Common Language Dictionary?"
"Pfft." Rhine couldn't help laughing out loud, this request is too low, even Lotte, Phyllis and others with complicated emotions curled up their mouths and laughed. Doesn't Lucien understand Victor? What do you mean sir
Victor laughed very heartily. In his eyes, Lucien has become a simple and honest young man: "You can borrow that "Universal Dictionary of Chinese" at any time. Are there no other requirements?"
Lucien was very surprised by the reactions of Rhine, Phyllis, and the others. He was a little hesitant and embarrassed to speak. He felt that his request was too high. After all, Rhine completed the main idea and transformation.
"Huh, he finally knows how precious Mr. Victor's thanks are." This thought echoed in the hearts of Anne, Colin and the others, and they looked at Lucien's expression with complicated eyes.
Victor smiled mellowly: "It's okay, Lucien, don't be shy, just ask."
Lucien nodded and asked sincerely:
"Mr. Victor, is there any tuition fee for learning characters?"
"Hahaha." Rhine suddenly laughed, unable to maintain her elegant image.