Victor was in a very bad mood at this time, and if he could not make the harpsichord meet his needs, then the newly written piano concerto could only barely reach the level of being performed in the Psalm Hall, and it would be difficult to satisfy the nobles, musicians, and critics who came to listen to his concert.
Victor has seen many such musicians, and every year there are several outstanding musicians who have not been able to go from "outstanding" to "famous" for a long time because their first concert in the Psalm Hall did not achieve the expected success, and some have even been hit, and since then they have gradually become mediocre.
Therefore, when he heard Lucian interject blindly and was severely judged by Xavier, Victor couldn't help but feel irritated, but he understood that Lucian wanted to help himself and was kind, so he suppressed his mellow voice and said: "Lucian, thank you for your idea, but if the harpsichord and chamber percussion piano could solve all the problems, then the matter would have been solved long ago."
Rhine looked at Lucian with a smile, as if expecting his answer, while Lot, Herodotus, Phyllis, etc. looked at Lucian in disgust, interjecting while several gentlemen were discussing the issue, which was not a cultured behavior, and he was still talking nonsense, and they all cursed in their hearts: "Sure enough, a rude, arrogant ignorant from the ghetto."
Although Lucian did not understand the two books "Piano Making and Tuning" and "Principles of Modern Piano Mechanics" for a short time, and even only read the first ten pages, he still roughly saw the key points about the main differences between the two pianos and modern pianos.
Lucian's vague words completely positioned his level at a poor man who had accidentally heard about two clavichord defects in the Musicians' Guild and was influenced by the atmosphere of Aalto music in his daily life, without using more precise descriptions, such as the amplitude of the vibrations.
"Enlarge? How to enlarge it?" Xavier's gaze became even harsher, his white eyebrows were squeezed together fiercely, the development of musical instruments in the past three hundred years was fierce, it was not that no one had a similar idea, but after the previous few failures, no one tried again.
In the puzzled eyes of Victor, Rhine and others, Lucian took off a flute on the instrument shelf, walked to the desk next to him, picked up a bottle of ink as a fulcrum, and demonstrated the principle of leverage: "I happened to see a farmer who used a wooden stick and a small stone to pry open a large stone, and later found that life is full of such phenomena.
"That's ......," Xavier didn't retort, but thought: "But the speed of the strings has become slower...... As a harpsichord maker, he quickly discovered that such a change would bring about another problem.
At this time, he took a step forward and smiled: "It's great, Lucian, you actually discovered the principle of leverage in your life, you are really good at observing and summarizing."
Lucian was at a loss on the surface, as if he didn't understand what Rhine was talking about, but he was very surprised in his heart.
And it seems that Victor, Phyllis, Lotte and others, even Xavier, either don't know at all, or even if they have noticed this phenomenon, they don't summarize it and can't name it.
"The principle of leverage was summarized very early on the earth, and deriving the general situation of the continent from the standard of living of Arto, it is not strange to find that the principle of leverage has already appeared in other countries on the mainland, but because it is a world that pursues divine magic and blood power, this kind of knowledge spread very slowly." Lucian secretly speculated that the summary of this kind of life phenomenon did not reach the taboo of the church, after all, the church with true divine magic was much more confident than the one on earth, and even the development of music had not been suppressed, otherwise he would not dare to stand up and demonstrate.
Seeing everyone's strange expressions, Rhine smiled gently and explained: "This is a phenomenon of life, I also heard about it when I traveled in Holm, and it has been discovered and summarized by local scholars for hundreds of years, known as the principle of leverage, but Lucian, you noticed that the distance moved and the magnitude of the force are opposite."
"Of course I know." Lucian said silently, but a confused expression appeared on his face, "Really? Is it so? Can you get several of these levers together?"
Lucian was only going to say that the three-stage lever transmission method was not something a poor person could understand, and as for whether it could inspire them, to what extent, it was beyond his control.
Rhein's silver moon-like eyes suddenly lit up: "Connected together? Multi-level conduction? You can try it." So he went to the harpsichord and discussed it in a low voice with Xavier, and found out what the quill and paper were drawing.
Watching this scene quietly, Lucian seemed to be as strange as Lott and Phyllis, but in fact he calmly observed Rhine's actions, and said to himself: "He is indeed eccentric, by no means a violinist or bard on the surface."
Victor watched Rhine and Xavier busy with nervousness and anticipation, and later joined the discussion himself to provide professional advice to the musicians.
In this way, Lucian, Lot, Phyllis, and others were left by the door.
Lott was full of interest in Lucian, who caused such a change, and finally spoke to him: "Actually, I have seen such a phenomenon before, but I have never thought deeply about it, Lucian, you have rare qualities. What did you think at the time?"
Although Phyllis was also a little curious about Lucian, she pointed to Rhine and Victor who were busy in the piano room: "Quiet. If you want to chat, go downstairs." Then he turned his head and focused on the scene of the three men being seriously busy, and he didn't know what he was watching.
Lott was not yet at the point where he wanted to get acquainted with Lucian, and he was more interested in the transformation 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 Lucian's limelight, feeling dissatisfied and contemptuous, so naturally they did not talk to him, but continued to look at Victor and the others, vaguely hoping that the transformation would fail, and Lucian would be scolded.
Lucian was also very curious about the effect of the harpsichord transformation, and it was also related to the question of whether the dictionary could be successful in the future, so he was in a hurry and carefully read the two books "Piano Making and Tuning" and "Mechanical Principles of Modern Piano" next to him.
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A loud, rich voice sounded in the piano room, and then descended, becoming delicate and soft, like a whisper in the night.
"Great, it's really great." Although there are still many problems in the transformation of the harpsichord, he has taken a crucial step, "Thank you, Rhein, thank you, Mr. Xavier."
Rhein smiled warmly: "It would be my honor to be able to make a wonderful instrument."
Lucian on the side became more and more sure of Rhein's eccentricity, he not only came up with a three-stage lever drive, but also combined it with a re-vibration lever system, so that this harpsichord could be played quickly and continuously: "Fortunately, he hasn't made any other devices yet, otherwise, I would have thought he had seen a modern piano."
After giving Rhine and Xavier a warm hug respectively, Victor walked up to Lucian, opened his arms, and hugged Lucian: "Thank you as well, Lucian, without you, it would be difficult for us to think about this. Thank the Lord for giving us the most critical guidance at the most critical moment."
"It's nothing, Mr. Victor, I just said my reckless idea, I didn't expect it to really work." Lucian is not used to hugging a man, a bit restrained.
Victor let go of Lucian, laughed, and said sincerely: "No matter what, thank you, Lucian, no matter what you ask, I will definitely satisfy what you can satisfy."
This sentence made Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus all look at Lucian with slight jealousy, and it was really great to receive such a thank you from Mr. Victor.
And without Mr. Victor's permission, Anne, Colin and others who studied music with him became even more envious and jealous, and the meaning of this sentence was very clear, indicating that Mr. Victor was willing to accept Lucian as a real student, a real student of music, which was a good thing that each of them dreamed of.
Lucian's mind was full of other thoughts, and he blurted out:
"Can you lend me the Lingua Franca Dictionary?"
"Poof." Rhine couldn't help but laugh out loud, this requirement was too low, even the corners of the corners of Lot, Phyllis and others with complex emotions curled up and laughed, didn't Lucian understand what Mr. Victor meant?
Victor's laughter was very happy, in his eyes, Lucian had become a simple and honest young man: "You can borrow that "Common Language Dictionary" at any time, is there no other request?"
Lucian was very surprised by the reaction of Rhine, Phyllis and others, a little hesitant, embarrassed to speak, feeling that his requirements were too high, after all, the main ideas and transformations were completed by Rhine.
"Huh, he finally knows how precious Mr. Victor's gratitude is." This thought echoed in the hearts of Annie, Colin and others, who looked at Lucian's expression with complicated eyes.
Victor smiled mellowly: "It's okay, Lucian, don't be shy, just bring it up."
Lucian nodded and asked sincerely:
"Mr. Victor, is it free to study words?"
"Hahaha." Rhein suddenly burst into laughter, struggling to maintain his elegant image.
(End of this chapter)