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Post by Si on Jun 30, 2007 12:02:20 GMT
Just bought a new qin after 1.5 years. Very excited about it. Its made from tongmu and the sound is much more vibrant and stonger than my first qin which was made from shanmu.
Colour is dark with sort of reddy brush pattern and light specks.
Its got 2 sets of waves on the sides and the end and yue shan seem to be unlaquared. Made by Wang Peng and was just under a grand of those american dollars (7000rmb).
Its even got tassled on the pegs - YES! at last I have tassles!!!
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Post by Charlie Huang on Jun 30, 2007 16:04:37 GMT
Pics! I wannna see pics!
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Post by kyokuhon on Jun 30, 2007 20:04:34 GMT
Congratulations, syburn,
The romantic early days with a new instrument are hard to beat -- unless, of course, you realize it was a mistake! And I'm with Charles; pictures, please!
Best, and keep playing,
K.
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Post by Si on Jul 3, 2007 1:29:21 GMT
The problem with a new qin is am worrying about any blemish or ware marks under the stings.
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Post by guzhenglover on Jul 3, 2007 5:50:29 GMT
Congrats syburn with your new baby! Where are the pics? Can one get a Wang Peng qin for 7000 Rmb these days? What a bargain. Are you sure it's by Wang Peng, or is it just a "maybe"?
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Post by Si on Jul 3, 2007 7:28:52 GMT
Well thats a good question being in China. I can only trust the shop that it is a wang peng. Anyway as long as its good then i am happy - im not into "brands" so much.
Its got a chinese stamp thing on the back that probably says WP.
A friend told me that 7000 was too expensive and that I would be better off buying a comprable qin made by some of the makers in the suzhou area.
My teacher told be that it was not worth to spend much more if it was just for practice and that this qin was "good enough". She selected it for me to make sure the sound was the best they had, but well Im sure she will get a cut.
They have lot of delivery boxes in the qin studio with wang pengs name on it. But like I say you can never be sure buying anything in China.
Also I imagine that wang pengs are cheaper here than in singapore!
All I can say for sure right now is that I like the sound (anything will be better than my old one), it was the best available in the shop at this price range and its got tassels - yippee.
I will post some pics eventualy.
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Post by guzhenglover on Jul 3, 2007 9:07:05 GMT
Well I too have a Wang Peng qin and I paid lots more than yours. Somehow I think you've probably got an authentic Wang peng qin, but I could be wrong. I seem to remember that your qin studio in Shanghai has something to do with the studio that supplies WP qins exclusively? If that's that case, then no wonder you'd have got your qin for the price that you paid (which sounds OK to me - at least by oversseas standard...). It'll be fun to compare our qins when you are back in town.
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Post by Si on Jul 3, 2007 9:49:15 GMT
haha - i did not know that my studio had such a deal with mr wang. Anyway im sure WP cant make all these qins 100% - he will have staff that work under his supervision.
I just ordered a table from the same place my teacher got hers - 1300rmb. seems a very good price inc. stool.
GZL - We can have a "yaji" in Singapore!!!!
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Post by guzhenglover on Jul 4, 2007 2:24:40 GMT
haha - i did not know that my studio had such a deal with mr wang. Anyway im sure WP cant make all these qins 100% - he will have staff that work under his supervision. I just ordered a table from the same place my teacher got hers - 1300rmb. seems a very good price inc. stool. GZL - We can have a "yaji" in Singapore!!!! Don't make me jealous...! Will you make me even more jealous by turning up at a yaji with Hanfu...? I too bought a guqin table recently - from Wang Peng, in fact - but it costs more than twice as much as your table! And mine doesn't include a stool... Apparently Wang Peng can't work on each and every one of the qins from his studio - unless of course if we are talking about a top-of-the-range WP qin with his personal signature. Generally speaking, I think if a qin is authentically WP then that can be a good indication of quality. However I also believe that there are some cowboys out there that either fake WP qins or claim that theirs is genuinely by WP when they are not... |
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Post by carol on Jul 15, 2007 17:02:58 GMT
Congradulation! It's such a bargain price.
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Post by Charlie Huang on Aug 7, 2007 20:37:01 GMT
Well?
Come on, I wanna see.
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Post by shoppingchinanow on Aug 9, 2007 2:24:35 GMT
I just want to say when people here in China make a judgement on the Guqin, those Guqin with vibrant and strong sound is absolutely not what they prefer, and I think if you prefer vibrant and satrong sound, maybe Guzheng is much more suitable. And just talk to the shop where you got the Paulownia wood Guqin and ask them what is the price tag for the Jiaoye style aged China fir wood Guqin from Wang Peng? Being the fact that Wang Peng lives in Beijing, so his instruments would adapt to the relatively dry weather condition more easily. For your reference, the picture below shows an instrument made of aged China fir wood, if posting such picture with watermark is not allowed, pls. delete it.  |
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Post by Si on Aug 16, 2007 8:37:47 GMT
I do recommend a holiday in West Yorkshire if you want to live a life totally void of Guqin. Anyway - this time tomorrow I should be reunited with my new qin after its container journey from Shanghai to Singapore - I hope its fine.
Then I will try to take a photo!
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Post by charliecharlieecho on Aug 16, 2007 15:49:24 GMT
Not totally void. There's at least 1 British player who lives there, and if you're willing to stray into S Yorkshire you'll quite likely find a Chinese player or two doing musicology at Sheffield University.
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Post by Charlie Huang on Aug 16, 2007 16:00:16 GMT
yes. i know wang tingting is one though she seems to be so busy with her PhD these days that she rarely comes to any LYQS meeting...
any place north of yorkshire is void imho. if there were any players up there, we'd have heard from them by now...
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