
These journeys opened a window to the outside world that fascinated Zhang. I know what the problems may be,” she said. “I have studied and participated in the entire piano production process, from design to assembly. The company often called her to repair the piano for customers, and she never let them down. Zhang was too busy to learn about Zhou’s doubts. I was not convinced at the time: can a young woman who just left school be so good?” said Zhou Xiong, 59, who joined Dongbei Piano in 1983. “We were not in the same workshop, but her name was often mentioned. At the age of 21, she became one of three out of 100 workers who received a raise for her outstanding performance. Zhang, ingenious and well-trained, soon stood out from his colleagues. Trucks that come to load the piano are always in line taxi lined up outside on payday team leaders reminded their happy prodigies not to have fun too late because they had to work the next day. “It was the best job you could get in Yingkou at that time,” recalled 54-year-old Zhang.ĭongbei Piano, founded in 1952, was once one of the largest piano manufacturers in China and sold its products to more than 20 countries and regions. After graduating from a local vocational school with piano making, Zhang and her 39 classmates joined the 1,000-strong Dongbei Piano Factory in 1986. “When there are orders, there is hope,” said Zhang, who is now chairman of the company.ĭongbei Piano was located in the port city of Yingkou, northeastern China’s Liaoning province, where Zhang’s career began 35 years ago. It produced 3,000 pianos year-round despite a six-month outage due to the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020.ĭuring the first half of this year, Dongbei Piano received orders for more than 300 grand pianos. On June 20, 2019, Dongbei Piano Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. Life is short, and do we not live to do something?” “I spend my whole life on the Dongbei piano.


“It can not just go like this,” the woman said to herself. in the middle of a wilderness of weeds, with tears in his eyes.
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SHENYANG, October 18 (Xinhua) – After putting all his savings plus bank loans into the purchase of his former employer, a piano company, Zhang Xiaowen refused to think about the outcome if her business failed.Īll she thought about was the afternoon of the summer of 2018, when she walked into the abandoned factory at Baldwin Dongbei Piano Instrument Co., Ltd. By Xinhua writers Sun Renbin, Huang Yan, Zhao Hongnan
