Hey, Duke - are you kidding us? What do you want for $3.95!
I paid $250 for the madake root culm I'm making into a shakuhachi just now,
and it's not world class at all. But it's also definitely not 63 times
better than these $3.95 culms!
I didn't profess something for nothing, and I'm disappointed you apparently
somehow thought I was.
I have no idea where this "common market" of yours is, but for dumb new
beginners, like I am, who just want to play around making a very basic,
cheap, shakuhachi, two of the four I bought would work just fine. And I AM
going to finish them the two of them out, just for fun. Even if you don't
appreciate that thought, Watazumi-Do would have.
And yes, you can see them on my web site at www.shakuhachi.ws.
Relax, Duke!
Gene
> I think you should post a picture of what they sent you. I bought a few
from
> them about 1-2 years ago and what I received was immature madake - thin
> walls, small roots. You can probably make a flute out of them but the
bamboo
> is definitely not in the same league as the ones you see in the common
> market.
>
> You do get what you pay for.
>
>
> Duke.
>
>
> >From: "Gene" <oldmanriver@alltel.net>
> >Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> >To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
> >Subject: cheap root culms!
> >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:06:15 -0500
> >
> >Hey, all you dumb new shakuhachi beginners - like I am - if you want to
> >just play around making a shakuhahci, or practice doing the same, I've
> >found just the place for you and me!
> >
> >I recently bought a really fine quality Chiba madake root culm, and am
> >making my first serious shakuhachi out of it. But, just to have some
> >bamboo I could practice on and such, I bought four root culms from
> >http://www.franksupply.com/ at a whoppin' $3.95 each.
> >
> >And guess what! They're not bad at all! I wish I could post a picture
> >here to show you! You could definitely make a respectable shakuhachi out
> >of any one of them, and one is so good I AM going to turn it into a
> >shakuhachi!
> >
> >And, at $3.95 a pop, you can buy a half dozen!
> >
> >Have fun!
> >
> >Dr. Gene Neill
> >www.shakuhachi.ws
> >
>
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