Who is the senior technician of guzheng production at present?

Xu is a senior technician in guzheng production.

Xu is the only senior guzheng technician in China. Shanghai intangible cultural heritage inheritor.

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Guzheng is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China. Modern national musical instruments are becoming more and more popular, especially guzheng. There are many playing techniques of guzheng, which can not only show subtle and far-reaching charm but also show passionate momentum, and has won the favor of many musicians. The popularity of guzheng has also made more people know it again, and more and more people are learning it. How to choose guzheng? Let's first understand the structure of the guzheng and how it is made.

1, Integral Excavation Method of Log Guzheng

Is to dig a whole piece of wood, including the side panels and panels that are connected together. This method is popular in Hongsheng Guzheng in Taiwan Province Province, and now some people in China are using this method to make Guzheng. This method is difficult and time-consuming, but it is rich in traditional techniques and simple and generous. This guzheng has reached the highest sound transmission speed, and all parts have been fully utilized, giving the whole guzheng a beautiful timbre.

2, guzheng multi-panel splicing method

Considering the characteristics of wood, we should choose paulownia wood with similar texture and good performance to spell out the required radian (usually three or four strokes), and then design and excavate according to the principle of acoustic vibration after gluing. The piano made by this method has moderate radian, uniform thickness distribution, complex manufacturing technology and strict requirements, and wastes a lot of materials. However, this production structure is more reasonable in material selection and material collocation, and this production method is more popular in the north.

3, the method of making guzheng mask

That is, a piece of paulownia wood is covered with an arc-shaped sound beam on the frame, and after pressure, bonding and heating, it is shaped to form an arc-shaped guzheng surface. This method is simple in process, uniform in panel thickness, sensitive in sound and quick in response, but single in timbre. But also saves materials, is suitable for mass processing and production, and is the most commonly used manufacturing method in China at present.

The above methods of making guzheng have their own characteristics in appearance. During the development of guzheng, several kinds of tuning and butterfly pianos have gradually appeared, and I believe there will be better ones in the market in the near future.