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ezFolk Forums > Other Instruments > Erhu > Home-made (limited range) Qian Jin inspired by youtub "二胡QQ千斤"! |
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| Home-made (limited range) Qian Jin inspired by youtub "二胡QQ千斤"! | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 02:32 pm |
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This is a quick way to change from DA to CG or whatever to match with other players, CD songs, etc...I only spent roughly half an hour to hand-sculpt and sand this little wooden gadget...the wood is hard wood oak, it was pretty hard to carve oak using a razor (cutter)...I have all sizes of wood chisels but found difficult to work with such small object (besides I was too lazy to sharpen the chisels for such a small project)  I drilled a hole for the elastic band and carved a groove at the base of the mobile Qian Jin so it can sit securely on the Erhu rod...well, I tested the home-made (limited range) mobile Qian Jin...it works well within my intention...to match a CD song with the same fingering! Happy sharing! Attachment: Dscn1985 copy.jpg (Downloaded 170 times)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 02:35 pm |
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Flash pictures when taken too close to the subject are terrible...I will post a few more "better" pictures. Attachment: Dscn1987 copy.jpg (Downloaded 169 times)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 02:36 pm |
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I hope this one is better! Attachment: Dscn1991 copy.jpg (Downloaded 170 times)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 02:39 pm |
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Due to the height of the wooden gadget(Qian Jin)...the range is limited! Attachment: Dscn1992 copy.jpg (Downloaded 170 times)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 02:40 pm |
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Terrible pictures! Attachment: Dscn1993 copy.jpg (Downloaded 173 times)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 03:32 pm |
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tansungwah Approved 
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Looks good! Is it easy to move around? Maybe someone could try a movable qianjin that pulls the strings rather than push the strings. In that way the distance between the strings and the neck would be kept constant, so you don't need to adapt to a wider qianjin distance. By the way that looks like a Shanghai Dunhuang Yun brand Erhu and a Shanghai Dunhuang Erhu you have there in the background. Sung Wah
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 06:19 pm |
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God Bless Attachment: reverse brige and head.jpg (Downloaded 171 times) Last edited on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 04:50 am by Clyde |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 06:58 pm |
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Bayun Approved 
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Well, this one matches the tuning pegs at least. Stunning combination... Thunderbird, name yours Platypus when it gets on the market. 
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 03:20 am |
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tansungwah Approved
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Clyde wrote: Interesting bridge! This looks a little like the electric erhu I saw in Shanghai: http://tansungwah.blogspot.com/2007/10/crystallized-see-through-electric-erhu.html Sung Wah
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 04:16 am |
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Clyde Approved
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God Bless Last edited on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 04:51 am by Clyde |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 04:26 pm |
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thunderbird Approved
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tansungwah wrote:Looks good! Is it easy to move around? Yes, the wooden gadget is fairly easy to be moved but distance is limited by the height of the gadget or you can say the height of the strings (from the rod)! Yes, it is an elbony Shanghai Dunhuang...clean and sweet voice...however she is not my most loved girlfriend...I am in love with the one from Zhengzhou...she has such a sexy voice...OMG!  "A movable qianjin that pulls the strings" is a good idea...if I can find a little pulley wheel to do the trick...I remember seeing some of those wheels in the VCR machine...good place to look for those little plastic pulley wheels!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 04:35 pm |
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Clyde wrote:Interesting bridge! More sentivity...otherwise no different than playing without that mobile wooden Qian Jin. It is a fast way to match a song from CD (sometimes the song from CD is a bit too high or low)...by placing the gadget there you can instantly match with the "higher" voice (in my case)!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 04:42 pm |
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Bayun wrote:Well, this one matches the tuning pegs at least. Stunning combination... This one is only good for home consumption...no mass/sex appeal in nowadays market. Since the Platypus looks a bit like the Beaver...I will call it the "beaver"....hahahaha...just to give it a Canadian touch!...and don't get me wrong...a Beaver is a Beaver...nothing esle but a Beaver!  
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 04:44 pm |
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tansungwah wrote:Clyde wrote:Interesting bridge! Interesting electric Erhu...how much would one of those see-through cost?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21st, 2007 01:43 am |
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tansungwah Approved
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thunderbird wrote: tansungwah wrote:Sorry Clyde I didn't have other pictures. I remembered they use fishing line as qianjin though. These things are pricey. The last time I checked it is slightly below US$1500. The see through Zhongruan and Pipa cost 2-3 times more!
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22nd, 2007 04:07 pm |
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tansungwah wrote:thunderbird wrote:tansungwah wrote:Sorry Clyde I didn't have other pictures. I remembered they use fishing line as qianjin though. Why is it so expensive?...production cost?...how is the quality compared to Master's Erhus? 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2008 03:27 pm |
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erhufever Approved
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I am very admire Bird, Bayun and Clyde's knowledge and invention. Of course, Tansungwah is a professional Erhu specialist. I really enjoy reading the posts. Happy New Year to all! Erhufever 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 4th, 2008 05:02 pm |
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Clyde Approved
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God Bless Last edited on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 04:51 am by Clyde |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 02:08 am |
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thunderbird Approved
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erhufever wrote:I am very admire Bird, Bayun and Clyde's knowledge and invention. Of course, Tansungwah is a professional Erhu specialist. Just having some fun in a "dull" winter...Canadian winter is cold and dull  ...hahahahha....just kidding!...happy new year!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 4th, 2008 02:03 pm |
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laoyang Approved
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Hi Thunderbird, Thanks for sharing your modification. I am new to the erhu world and hope to have one in a couple of weeks. I would like to be able to change open keys but I don't want to modify a new erhu with a semi-permanent qianjin like QQqianjin. Did you have to move your original qianjin to use your modification? I noticed the GGao appears to have moved his all the way up, for an A/E tuning. Also does the tone of the erhu suffer or stay consistent? Thanks for sharing, Jim
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