Seven Hundred and Seventy-Four. The Sound of the Piano in Heaven

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Qin Shiou took out the violin with its leather case, and Winnie smiled and said, "My God, where did you find the antique?"

Shirley covered her forehead with her hands, her face full of helplessness. She worked hard for her daughter-in-law and children. Wouldn't her artistic journey start with such a violin?

Qin Shiou glared at Big Lolita, and said, "Don't be so ambitious, you can't play the violin even if I give you this now, but if you give you this, you can learn to know the violin from Sister Wei Ni first. Right, Wei Ni?"

Winnie stroked the leather case of the violin, her crescent eyebrows slightly frowned, as if she was wondering about something.

The leather case is the kind of brown calfskin case, but it has been soaked in water for too long, and it has turned brown-black, causing the three letters on it that should be clear to become blurred: whh.

In addition, under the three big letters, there is a line of more vague small words. After Wei Ni read it carefully, she murmured: "Dear Maria, you will always be by my side like the sound of a piano."

"What's wrong?" Qin Shiou asked.

Winnie looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Where did this Qin come from?"

Qin Shiou shrugged and took out the remarks he had prepared before: "I picked it up from the sea, remember the family letter from the Strauss family? They are together, maybe they are all from the Titanic .”

Needless to say, he can be sure. This violin is a relic from the Titanic.

"God, isn't this the violin owned by Mr. Wallace Hartley? The sound of heaven?" Winnie said in disbelief.

"Wallace Hartley? The chief violinist on the Titanic?" Qin Shiou was also surprised. "It can't be such a coincidence, right? There were quite a few violins on board at the time, right?"

Winnie carefully opened the leather case and took out the violin that had been sleeping for a hundred years. There is a brass plate on the handle of the violin, with a line written on it, and this line is very clear: To Wallace in memory of our engagement, from Maria.

Qin Shiou looked at Weini and spread his hands.

Winnie threw herself into his arms,

Pointing to the violin, he said, "This is really Mr. Hartley's violin, God! They all said that this violin has sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and was destroyed by sea water. I didn't expect it to be so well preserved!"

Wallace Hartley. Known as the most gentlemanly man on the Titanic, when the cruise ship broke and sank, most people chose to flee for their lives, a small number of people bravely faced death, and only eleven people still remembered their mission at that time .

Among the eleven people were Captain Smith, the transmitter who stayed in front of the transmitter until his death, and the pastor John Huber, who was invited to preach at the Moody Church in Chicago, and a violin band. .

The band played until the last moment, in order to calm the panicked mood of the passengers. All the while they played a lilting piece of music, until the ship sank and everyone died.

The conductor and chief musician of this band is Wallace Hartley.

Christians like to associate what they worship and fear with God. For example, Nimitz was awarded the title of "Shepherd of God" by guiding the way to save a boat of people in a storm.

Hartley also has a title, that is "Heaven's Piano". At that large-scale memorial service a hundred years ago, the host called the violin music played by Hartley's band at that time. It is the accompaniment used by angels to guide the dead on board.

The reason why the host said this was because the violin piece Hartley directed was called "nearer-my---thee". The translation is "closer to my Lord", so it has the reputation of "the harp of heaven".

This violin has been missing for a hundred years. Ten days after the sinking of the "Titanic", people salvaged Hartley's body out of the water, but did not see the violin.

It was said at the time that Hartley had promised that he would take the violin with him in the hope that when his body was recovered, it would be given to his fiancée. So the violin could not be found later, and people thought it was stolen.

But those who left in the last kayak said that Hartley carefully preserved the violin when he saw that there was no one on board.

The final result was no result, because no one saw the last side of Hartley.

Judging from the current situation, Qin Shiou felt that Hartley put the violin in a double leather case and a leather case for preservation in the end. It is estimated that he thought at the time that the ship was so turbulent that even if he carried it with him, the body would not be able to keep it with the violin. together.

Anyway, this violin fell into Qin Shiou's hands, and it was well preserved.

Qin Shiou felt strange that a violin could be preserved in thousands of meters of water for hundreds of years without completely breaking down. The leather case is not completely waterproof, and the violin has been soaking in sea water, which can be seen from the completely decayed strings.

However, the body and bow of the violin are well protected and have not been corroded much.

Hearing that this violin is the most famous "Voice of Heaven" in modern history, Shirley also worked hard and came to watch it. She felt a little regretful after watching it: "It's not very beautiful."

Winnie gently stroked her hair and said, "No, it's very beautiful. There is a beautiful soul in this violin."

Qin Shiou was a little chilled when he heard this sentence. The cultural difference is terrible. If the Chinese say that there is a soul in their musical instruments, no one would dare to use this musical instrument, and no one would want to play the violin only to turn around and see a ghost. Float beside yourself?

For Christians, this is not a problem. Many people even like to live next to the cemetery, because the cemetery is the closest place to heaven. Just look at the cemetery tours in the United States and Canada. Christians are not afraid of these thing.

On the contrary, in the eyes of Christians, if an item can be associated with God, heaven, etc., and a kind soul, then it is a treasure.

Hearing that the legendary violin appeared, all the fishermen came to watch it. Thanks to the movie "Titanic", the story of Mr. Hartley and his violin was well known and even remembered by people through the movie.

After checking the words on the leather case of the violin and the words on the bronze medal, the fishermen also nodded in recognition of its identity. This violin came from Hartley's fiancée Maria Robinson, who was 33 years old at the time. Betrothed to Hartley in 1910 and gave him the violin.

After inspecting the violin, Bird said: "No wonder it can be soaked in sea water for so long without any problems. This violin is made of small-leaf red sandalwood. This kind of wood really deserves its reputation of being immortal for a hundred years!"

Small-leaf red sandalwood is the fine product of red sandalwood. It has high density, small brown eyes, very stable wood, not easy to deform and crack, and has a very hard texture. It is a very rare wood. (To be continued..)

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