Re: [Shaku] Re: strange flutes

From: Nicholas Pierotti (eurydice@cruzio.com)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2005 - 12:51:06 PST


Love to see a picture. But please remember, send it to my address, not
the list address. I have the bandwidth for receiving large files, but
many do not...

On Feb 9, 2005, at 1:54 PM, JASON CASTNER wrote:

> I mean the 1st finger hole as in the one closest to
> the mouthpeice on the front of the flute. Not the
> thumb hole. thats chi right?? ro tsu re chi.... The
> flute plays well. I enjoy playing it. It sounds
> subdued and dark yet clear and piercing to my ears
> when I play it. Probabaly it would sound different
> with Ronnie Seldon playing it..... I have a friend
> with a digital camera so probabaly I can hook you up
> with pictures. It is a real dark flute - dark
> browns.. pretty too.
>
> jason
> --- Bruce Jones <bjones@weber.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>> anyways the shak that I bought is a 1.8 with a
>> myoan (did i spell
>>> that right) mouth piece. this flute is real skinny
>> and has small
>>> diameter bore. It also has small finger holes.
>> the flute comes
>>> apart and the male piece that slides into the
>> female piece has a
>>> hole in it to correspond with the first finger
>> hole. otherwise
>>> when you slide the flute together it would close
>> the first finger
>>> hole. is this unusual for a flute to be designed
>> like this.
>>
>> When you say "the first finger hole" do you mean the
>> whole closest
>> to the root end? Or the one closest to the blowing
>> edge.
>>
>> Not that either would be any less unusual. That's
>> an interesting
>> flute design.
>>
>> I'd love to see this flute, as, I imagine, would
>> others. If you
>> have a way of taking digital photos please contact
>> me and I'll help
>> you get them on a website so they can be shared.
>> (Please do NOT
>> send them to the list!)
>>
>> oh, and how does it play?
>>
>> bj
>>
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