>From: "Stav Tapuch" <tapuch@hotmail.com>
>
>I had a monsturous allergic response after this past summer's
>International Shaku Festival - basically I tried so many flutes
>that at one point, i suspect, I played a brand new one and managed
>to get fresh urushi all over my hands.
>
>Public service note to shakuhachi dealers and makers: kindly don't
>let people pick up and play the new flutes for sale without a basic
>warning.
A word to the wise: never assume that a flute is safe, regardless
of age. A replaced utaguchi might have necessitated a bit of urushi
touchup, and neither you nor the dealer might even be aware of the
repair. I've gotten my chin burned a couple of times by that one.
And, if you're really sensitive like Stav, learn the smell of
urushi. It's pretty distinctive.
bj
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