Re: [Shaku] Question About Upgrading to a New Shackuhachi

From: Monty H. Levenson (monty@shakuhachi.com)
Date: Tue Jul 27 2004 - 12:46:01 PDT


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Hi Brian,

This is Bonnie, Monty's assistant.

I am taking care of things while Monty is in NYC attending the World
Shakuhachi Festival. He will return home on August 5th. Please
contact him again at that time and he will get back to you as soon as
possible.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

All the best,

Bonnie

>Greetings Gang,
>
>I've had one of Monty's student cast bore shaks for a couple of years, and
>have been thinging of upgrading to a more "prefessional" flute. What are
>the benefits of buying a "better" shak? My student shak has a nice tone,
>and has been a good companion. Can I expect better tone form a more
>expensive shak? Would a more better shak be any easier to blow / hit the
>upper register, etc? Of course I'm lusting after a root end flute, but,
>other than ascetics, are there other obvious advantages to the root?
>
>OK, here it the killer question - is it possible to buy a nice root end shak
>for around $1K, or would it be better for me to wait until I can afford
>something a bit higher priced and better quality?
>
>Thanks for your comments,
>-brian
>
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