Wanhesong (1)

This qin is named Wanhesong. It was made by Choi Chang-sau in the mid 1980s. This photo shows the front of Wanhesong in Zhongni style.

Date Mid 1980s
Style Zhongni
Size Length (Whole 120.5 cm, Strings 109.7 cm); Width (Forehead 18 cm, Shoulder 19.7 cm, Tail 14.1 cm); Thickness 5.6 cm
Weight 4.1 kg
Body Chinese fir top; Mahogany bottom
Accessories Mother-of-pearl inlay markers; Hawthorn wood tuning pegs; Ebony feet; Red sandalwood bridge and tail pieces
Inscription [Chinese inscription]（一）軫池下方草書「萬壑松」
（二）龍池兩旁行書銘文：
蔡君昌壽曩從故友徐文鏡學斲琴
於煎黳退光之法 盡得其秘
海外擅操縵者 不絶如縷
若論製作妙手 舍君莫屬 寖寖乎可追古之沈鐐張越矣
近為余修治萬壑松及陳蘭甫所製二琹
髹漆已 如刃出新硎
因寫斲琴圖以報 幸毋笑余之多事也 癸亥選堂
（款下篆文「饒宗頤印」一方）
（三）龍池下方篆文「昌壽精斲」、「傳世之寶」方印各一
Maker's Note Professor Jao Tsung-I and my teacher, Xu Wenjing were friends for decades. At one point in the early 1980s, he asked me to repair a qin from the Song Dynasty called Wanhesong and another made by Chen Lanfu. After the repairs were complete, he drew a painting called the Zhuoqintu (Qin Making) and gave it to me as a gift. This qin was named Wanhesong to commemorate our friendship. The back of the qin is carved with the words from the Zhuoqintu.
People Choi Chang-sau
Object Musical instrument
Material Type Image
Collection The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story
Source Courtesy of Choi Chang-sau
Repository Choi Chang-sau
Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Choi Chang-sau
Accession No. lcs-hkqs-0081
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