>At 04:54 PM 4/22/2004 -0400, Alan Sondheim wrote:
>
>>... pvc shauhachi - is
>>there a difference between makes? (I know you can make your own.) How do
>>they compare in terms of registers with bamboo?
>
>If you're asking about makers of PVC shakuhachi, KURITA Masami will
>probably show up at the NYC Shakuhachi Festival this summer. He
>makes an excellent PVC shakuhachi and sold ten of them at the 2003
>Shakuhachi Camp of the Rockies. Kurita-san gave a shakuhachi-making
>workshop at the Vancouver Shakuhachi Festival last November.
>
>He uses special techniques for making his PVC shakuhachi, especially
>at the bottom end. He's not a professional maker, just a damned
>serious, patient amateur.
I second that. They are the best plastic shakuhachi I've seen. They
are made of a heavy walled brown pvc material, and even the
appearance is attractive...
He has been laboring over his personal bamboo shakuhachi for the last
10 years or so, and it's a beaut!
eB
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