Hi Gene,
I think you should post a picture of what they sent you. I bought a few from
them about 1-2 years ago and what I received was immature madake - thin
walls, small roots. You can probably make a flute out of them but the bamboo
is definitely not in the same league as the ones you see in the common
market.
You do get what you pay for.
Duke.
>From: "Gene" <oldmanriver@alltel.net>
>Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
>Subject: cheap root culms!
>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:06:15 -0500
>
>Hey, all you dumb new shakuhachi beginners - like I am - if you want to
>just play around making a shakuhahci, or practice doing the same, I've
>found just the place for you and me!
>
>I recently bought a really fine quality Chiba madake root culm, and am
>making my first serious shakuhachi out of it. But, just to have some
>bamboo I could practice on and such, I bought four root culms from
>http://www.franksupply.com/ at a whoppin' $3.95 each.
>
>And guess what! They're not bad at all! I wish I could post a picture
>here to show you! You could definitely make a respectable shakuhachi out
>of any one of them, and one is so good I AM going to turn it into a
>shakuhachi!
>
>And, at $3.95 a pop, you can buy a half dozen!
>
>Have fun!
>
>Dr. Gene Neill
>www.shakuhachi.ws
>
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