Thanks to all for your collective comments on utaguchi cover design.
I've made an initial cylindrical prototype and it seems to work well.
One important result so far:
If you make your utaguchi cover out of rawhide, your flute will smell
like rawhide for the first few minutes of playing. This is bad.
Best to all,
-j
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 09:40:29AM +0100, jaamvanloon@hetnet.nl wrote:
>
> one of my shakuhachi has a cylindrical utaguchi cover , and it is as good as the one's you mention , and it is even easier to make
> as far as I can see it protects the utaguchi good
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "jeremy bornstein" <uke@jeremy.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 5:04 PM
> To: "shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu" <shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Subject: utaguchi cover design
>
> Hello shakuhachi people!
>
> I am making an utaguchi cover. There's one thing I don't understand
> about the design of all of the utaguchi covers which I've seen so far
> (which are all the same), and I'm hoping someone here can help
> me to see what I'm missing.
>
> Utaguchi covers follow the shape of the utaguchi--that is, they have a
> top which hugs the angle on the top of the flute. This doesn't make
> sense to me, because if two things are touching, then they more
> efficiently transmit shock waves than if they're not. And if the
> utaguchi is the most delicate part of the instrument, then I would
> think that one would want to isolate it from damage by isolating it
> physically. A hard cover which touches the utaguchi will protect the
> instrument from sharp things banging directly against the utaguchi,
> but still seems to leave the instrument vulnerable to breakage by
> dropping or having something hit it.
>
> Because of the above, it seems to me that the ideal utaguchi cover
> would consist of a hard surface insulated on both sides (inside and
> outside) with a generous amount of padding. Also, it would be of
> generally cylindrical shape to physically isolate the actual utaguchi
> from shock by the use of an air gap.
>
> I'd love to hear why I'm wrong, but so far I can't see it.
>
> Best,
>
> -jeremy
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