Re: [Shaku] Re: Concert quality?

Hi Brian
Although in theory that would work (narrowing the bore
to raise the pitch) I don't know of any maker who
would do that. The makers here in Japan don't care to
stick exactly to 1.8. If 1.8 is working out for them,
they stick to it, but generally people use what size
gives them the pitch they want. If you just made one
shakuhachi, then the length is fixed and I guess you
might work the bore to raise the pitch, but in
practice, if you make a shakuhachi which is flat, next
time you make a shorter one. If you want to check
this, just pick up any modern 1.6 or 2.4, and measure
it. Very unlikely it will be exactly 1.6 or 2.4.
Justin

--- BRIAN RITCHIE <brianritchie@mac.com> wrote:

> Regarding shakuhachi this has caused a problem for
> 1.8. Most of the old Edo and Meiji 1.8's are pitched
> somewhere between D and C#. They made them to length
> not pitch and that's what happened. Now there is a
> conflict between 1.8 the length and the supposed 1.8
> pitch of A=3D443 which means makers have to produce
> ever thinner flutes to match that pitch and tone
> suffers. Because wide bore flutes have a much richer
> sound and they have to thin the bore to make it
> conform to that high pitch.=20
>=20
> BR

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Received on Mon Nov 12 17:55 PST 2007