"The instruments here are of very high quality, and with such scaled production, I believe they would be highly cost-effective," he said. "I want to recommend this to my friends back home."

During an interactive session, local musicians performed Chinese and Western classics like Joyful and Click Go the Shears, using instruments made right there in the town. An Italian teacher from Tianjin Foreign Studies University performed a song in Italian and students from Tianjin University sang Falling Leaves Returning to the Roots, drawing the audience into a spontaneous sing-along.