----- Original Message -----
From: "Nelson Zink" <zink@newmex.com>
To: "Aiko Ichimura" <aikop@erols.com>; <shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: My second try: Clay Shakuhachi
> Aiko,
>
> > My apology for sending in a very badly written mail.
>
> No apology needed, hopefully we all speak some dialect of the same
> language--shakuhachi.
>
> > I'm a new list member and dozo yoroshiku. I play the koto a
> > little and love to play pieces with parts for the shakuhachi.
>
> Welcome, and with any luck you'll find people with similar specific
> interests.
>
> > He is very serious about perfecting the sound. So I suggested
> > hat he make zigzag grooving inside the shakuhachi just like the
sugiaya
> > rooving inside the koto to better the sound of the instrument.
>
> I've been very interested in the possible effects of grooves, small
ripples,
> etc. So far all my efforts and experiments have just baffled me.
>
> Nelson
>
>
>
If "grooves" "baffle" you, try "baffles". Maybe they will "groove" you.
<groan>
Don
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