yes, I think there is a way :) I am really thinking
about going to the shakuhachi camp in PA. Especially
since the price isnt so high. If I go I will bring a
flute for you if you will be there. I dont like
sending by the mail because I wanna make sure u get
one that u will like. Also, it will be free and I
dont wanna pay shipping and handling.
jason
--- Nicholas Pierotti <eurydice@cruzio.com> wrote:
> Jason,
>
> You are like an old Zen Patriarch, working away at
> the Way of Flute
> Making. I'd love to get one of your flutes. Any way
> you'd part with
> one?
>
> Nicholas
>
> On Apr 29, 2005, at 3:43 PM, JASON CASTNER wrote:
>
> > WOW, lots of difficult questions... :) just
> kidding
> >
> > MY CULMS - Some of them I saw off even at a node.
> > others I left the way they were because I like the
> > natural, just broke off because of wind/water
> storms
> > look. looks really cool.... They are all
> different
> > lenghts, widths, and colors. some are like a 1.3
> > shakuhachi or smaller - a couple are like 6 inches
> > long. I make the small ones with 5 or 6 small
> finger
> > holes on the front side. no thumb holes. small
> > flutes are cool because the sound pierces the air
> and
> > travels extremely far. some are as big as 3.0 or
> > larger. and then all sizes inbetween. some are
> big
> > as my wrist in diameter, others like 1/2 in
> diameter.
> > colors range from brown and black to white and
> tiger
> > stripped.
> >
> > Some of the culms tapper naturally, others I will
> burn
> > with different sized rods and manipulate a tapper
> if
> > possible. sometimes u dont need a tappered bore
> and
> > somehow 2 octaves come out great???? I dont know
> why.
> >
> > some have 2 nodes, a few exceptional ones have a
> nice
> > curve at the bottom and have 7 or 8 nodes and look
> > like a proper shaku.
> >
> > without sanding the bore they sound clean yet
> raspy
> > and buzzy. after sanding they sound like clean
> and
> > glassy and peircing. they respond faster as well.
> > river cane vibrates easier than dense/heavy
> bamboo.
> > sound is vibration.
> >
> > working out finger hole positions isnt hard. just
> > think how many fingers do you have, how far can
> they
> > reach or how close can they be and still be
> > comfortable. then how high or how low should the
> > first hole be and go from there. I use a tuner as
> > well. and start with a small rod 1/8 inch
> maybe???
> > didnt measure it. and work up to bigger and
> bigger
> > rods untill I get a nice sound. then move on to
> the
> > next hole.
> >
> > 2 ways to make flutes - intelligence and
> intuition. I
> > rely more on intuition. but intuition means more
> > mistakes perhaps, however out of 50 or 60 flutes
> that
> > I have made I only burned away 6 or 7 because they
> > sucked.
> >
> > jason
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@enternet.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >> Jason, how are you working out the position of
> your
> >> finger holes ?
> >> Are your culms all different lengths ?
> >> Are they tapered ?
> >> How many nodes do they have ?
> >> You say that firstt you burn out the bore, shape
> >> your utaguchi, get your
> >> sound then sand out the bore. What changes in
> sound
> >> are you noticing between
> >> the 'burn out' and the 'sand out' ? Perhaps
> because
> >> you have not made finger
> >> holes at this point there is not as much change
> as
> >> there might be if you
> >> already had the finger holes.
> >>
> >> Kel.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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