----- Original Message -----
From: "Stav Tapuch" <tapuch@hotmail.com>
To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Finding a shakuhachi
>
> For your budget there is really no debate: Monty.
> For that amount get a student, non-rootend, binded shakuhachi.
>
> Because Monty uses a system to mass produce flutes, the insides are pretty
> much all the same. So the rootend or non-rootend debate for a Monty flute
is
> all about appearance.
>
> Getting a more expensive flute would only be worthwhile if you have been
> playing for a few years. I have been playing for a year (albeit for two
> hours a day) and I use a student Monty flute. I have been very happy with
> it - easily reachable high octave, sounds great, strong presence, and
looks
> beautiful. Highly endorsed.
>
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I'll agree about Monty's student flutes. I must add that you need to store
it in high humidity. I didn't, and it cracked so bad I couldn't play it. I
now include a moist paper towel with it in a plastic bag. Humidity closed up
the cracks enough that it became playable again. I'm lucky.
Don
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