Re: [Shaku] Question About Upgrading to a New Shackuhachi

From: Robert McNeil (robertmcneil@mac.com)
Date: Sun Jul 25 2004 - 09:29:02 PDT


Hi Brian,

If you are going to the Big Apple shak fest in NYC this week - you should
be able to ask number of great instructors their opinions and even bid on a
number of flutes by some of the world's greatest makers. I suppose you are
talking about a 1.8.

Rob McNeil

On 7/25/04 12:17 PM, "Brian Miller" <ramasita@peoplepc.com> wrote:

> Greetings Gang,
>
> I've had one of Monty's student cast bore shaks for a couple of years, and
> have been thinging of upgrading to a more "prefessional" flute. What are
> the benefits of buying a "better" shak? My student shak has a nice tone,
> and has been a good companion. Can I expect better tone form a more
> expensive shak? Would a more better shak be any easier to blow / hit the
> upper register, etc? Of course I'm lusting after a root end flute, but,
> other than ascetics, are there other obvious advantages to the root?
>
> OK, here it the killer question - is it possible to buy a nice root end shak
> for around $1K, or would it be better for me to wait until I can afford
> something a bit higher priced and better quality?
>
> Thanks for your comments,
> -brian
>
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