Re: [Shaku] question concerning pvc

From: Karl Signell (signell@cpcug.org)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2004 - 14:37:02 PDT


At 04:54 PM 4/22/2004 -0400, Alan Sondheim wrote:

>... pvc shauhachi - is
>there a difference between makes? (I know you can make your own.) How do
>they compare in terms of registers with bamboo?

If you're asking about makers of PVC shakuhachi, KURITA Masami will
probably show up at the NYC Shakuhachi Festival this summer. He makes an
excellent PVC shakuhachi and sold ten of them at the 2003 Shakuhachi Camp
of the Rockies. Kurita-san gave a shakuhachi-making workshop at the
Vancouver Shakuhachi Festival last November.

He uses special techniques for making his PVC shakuhachi, especially at the
bottom end. He's not a professional maker, just a damned serious, patient
amateur.

Karl

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