|
|
| 02/24/2008: "Finally an utaguchi"
|
We've been talking about adding an utaguchi to a transverse flute for the past three months-- and here's Model 1, Number 1 at last:
This is a D minor flute with the usual seven-hole configuration, and I couldn't be happier about how it turned out. Can't wait to do more utaguchi flutes, and upcoming experiments will involve African blackwood and ungulate horn as utaguchi material as well as the acrylic shown here. Many if not most contemporary shakuhachi makers use acrylic on their standard instruments.
By the way, the flute's for sale. [Update, 2/29: sold.] About time we sold a flute in 2008, don't you think? More pics on this gallery page...
(Well, there may have been a couple of others sold so far, but 2008 biz in general has been so snoozy that they seem like a distant memory.) --r.
[Previous entry: "Stasis Thawing"]
[Next entry: "Leap Day"]
|
|
|
