Personally, I don't care if the flute is made by an
experienced person or not. If there is a flute laying
around wherever I am at, I will play it and enjoy it.
:) Anything else would be like saying if I can't
always drive a Porsche then I will walk, or just not
go anywhere at all. :)
jason
--- Tim Cassler <Tim.Cassler@bromcomm.com> wrote:
> John has a good point. I, too, am grateful for the
> level of artisanship
> and skill that goes into a well made shakuhachi.
> They are works of art.
>
> That being said, I have to add that I get a great
> deal of pleasure out
> of playing a 2.0 that I made out of a blank that I
> got from a guy in
> California for $3.75, if I remember right. (I bought
> 4 and trashed 3 of
> them in the process). At any rate, it must have
> absolutely been beginner
> luck because my holes are in the right place. And
> though they are not
> all the 'correct' size in diameter, the notes are in
> pitch and I can get
> through the entire range of notes on it. Plus it has
> a real nice breathy
> tone to it. The utaguchi was cut and sanded by
> hand....no insert, just
> bamboo. A while back, I made a 2.4 out of 1" PVC,
> and it sounds good,
> too.
>
> All that being said, making a flute of one's own
> makes one appreciate
> all the more the beauty and quality of a flute that
> is made by far more
> capable, experienced and artistic hands.
>
> Selah.
>
> :o)
>
>
>
> >>> jinpa19822003@yahoo.com 05/09/05 09:26AM >>>
>
> --- Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am collecting culms, not mandake but a very
> > similar bamboo of consistet
> > size and for a novice I have had reasonable
> success
> > in getting them to play.
> > My question is regarding curing and drying.
>
> Hi.
>
> Monty Levenson's web site shakuhachi.com has
> pictures
> and narrative of his experiences gathering bamboo in
> Japan. He harvests in January (Japanese winter) and
> heats the bamboo to drive out the sap. Then he
> dries
> the bamboo in the open weather for three years, I
> believe. Heating the bamboo removes whatever
> attracts
> the insects to the bamboo, so the insects do not eat
> the harvest.
>
> Then Monty makes a flute.
>
> I think this is a long process that I, the customer,
> have to pay for. I'm grateful to Monty and other
> makers for what they do. If I had to make my own
> flutes, I probably would not play.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Baker
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