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I think the link was supposed to be:
www.shakuhachi.ws/photos.htm
Gene... Thanks for posting your page. I, also, have been spending =
countless hours per day, immersed in working on a couple of root end =
Madake flutes (one being plastered, one jinashi). After building a few =
out of Franks $4 stock a few months ago, I moved into the good stuff =
(thanks Monty :). The ones I received from "Franks" were a little small =
in diameter, but dense, and very workable... and "one" turned out well. =
They gave me a chance to practice the Ut inlays, and gave room for a ton =
of other mistakes I have avoided, and hope to avoid, on my better stock. =
Out of sheer luck, the bore taper was absolutely perfect on one of the =
cheapos, and it needed only a few sweet spot adjustments to get a nice =
balance, strong tonality, and perfect intonation, including the 3rd =
octave. Having now worked on the Madake for a while, I realize how =
extremely, very, considerably, absolutely, frighteningly LUCKY I was, on =
that one!!! These two better ones are proving a great challenge, but =
teaching me much. One thing I learned right out of the gate, with the =
cheaper stuff, was to be very precise in cleaning/shaving the interior =
nodes, as not to pit any of the surrounding walls, especially if making =
a jinashi... "Do not plant flower with tractor, grasshopper". :)
If possible, please keep adding pics and things to your page... any info =
is good to have as a resource, and may be of benefit to many.
Thanks!
:)
Derek
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From: Gene=20
To: shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu=20
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:12 AM
Subject: cheap root culms!
Okay Duke, I've complied with your request - and then some.
At the bottom of www.shakuhachi.ws/photos/htm, there's a photo of =
three culms. One cost $230 and the other two were $3.95 each.
Take a look!
Gene
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think the link was supposed to =
be:<BR><BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.shakuhachi.ws/photos.htm"><FONT face=3D"Times New =
Roman"=20
size=3D3>www.shakuhachi.ws/photos.htm</FONT></A><BR><BR>Gene... =
Thanks for=20
posting your page. I, also, have been spending countless hours per =
day,=20
immersed in working on a couple of root end Madake flutes (one being =
plastered,=20
one jinashi). After building a few out of Franks $4 stock a few =
months=20
ago, I moved into the good stuff (thanks Monty :). The ones I =
received=20
from "Franks" were a little small in diameter, but dense, and very =
workable...=20
and "one" turned out well. They gave me a chance to practice the =
Ut=20
inlays, and gave room for a ton of other mistakes I have avoided, and =
hope to=20
avoid, on my better stock. Out of sheer luck, the bore taper was=20
absolutely perfect on one of the cheapos, and it needed only a few sweet =
spot=20
adjustments to get a nice balance, strong tonality, and perfect =
intonation,=20
including the 3rd octave. Having now worked on the Madake for a =
while, I=20
realize how extremely, very, considerably, absolutely, =
frighteningly LUCKY=20
I was, on that one!!! These two better ones are proving a =
great=20
challenge, but teaching me much. One thing I learned right out of =
the=20
gate, with the cheaper stuff, was to be very precise in cleaning/shaving =
the=20
interior nodes, as not to pit any of the surrounding walls, especially =
if making=20
a jinashi... "Do not plant flower with tractor, grasshopper". =20
:)</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><BR>If possible, please keep adding pics and things to your page... =
any=20
info is good to have as a resource, and may be of benefit to many.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>:)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Derek<BR></DIV></FONT>
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<A title=3Doldmanriver@alltel.net =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dshakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu=20
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href=3D"mailto:shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu">shakuhachi@communicatio=
n.ucsd.edu</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, =
2003 6:12=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> cheap root =
culms!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Okay Duke, I've complied with your request - and then some.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>At the bottom of <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.shakuhachi.ws/photos/htm">www.shakuhachi.ws/photos/htm=
</A>,=20
there's a photo of three culms. One cost $230 and the other two =
were=20
$3.95 each.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Take a look!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gene</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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