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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On the topic of oil=85 m=
ay I add that the most important thing about applying oil to an instrumen=
t is to be careful to wipe off any excess especially around the tone hole=
s and utaguchi/root end.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Sorry I=92ve joined in t=
he discussion about instrument materials a little late. I=92m in the midd=
le of reading Takemitsu=92s writings and came across the following:</P>
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nbsp; </SPAN>When John Ca=
ge talked to Master Watazumido, the famous hocchiku player, he wrote thes=
e words, which were published in the magazine <I>Sekai</I>:<?xml:namespac=
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</SPAN>I decided to use a contact microphone=85if you =
touch this microphone to wood it picks up the vibrations of the wood itse=
lf, bringing them into audible range. Through this scientific achievement=
new sounds can be heard.</P>
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nbsp; </SPAN>Has anyone out the=
re tried this?</P>
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nbsp; </SPAN>Someone mentioned =
the recorder in an earlier message. As a recorder player, I know that the=
wood and the workmanship of the maker affect the timbre of the instrumen=
t; the grain of the wood and how the bore is reamed and finished (under a=
microscope the bore is not as conical or cylindrical as one gauges from =
the naked eye). With a shakuhachi, there are many factors that may affect=
the timbre including how the ji is applied and finished. Does anyone kno=
w who was first to apply ji to a shakuhachi? I think I read somewhere tha=
t it happened after the Meiji restoration. Any clues? Philip Horan.</P></=
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