Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

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Here's a bag that I designed and had made by a leather worker friend of mine.

It's three segments detach by snaps on the sides  as does the shoulder strap allowing you to carry more/less at a time

The two outside sections are chambered to allow four standard width protected flutes in each up to  70 cm.  The middle section is a single chamber.  My thought was to use it to carry a music stand.  The two outside sections also have pockets sized for kinko/kawase scores.

I live in Japan where humidity is never an issue, so that sort of protection isn't necessary for me.

Last edited by Jeff Cairns (2010-05-06 21:17:15)

BrianP wrote:

Seeing no one else is posting I will post my mode of transportation...

1 Senryu 1.8 Jiari

1 Plastic Bag...


http://www.floridashakuhachi.com/shakcase.jpg

Would that be a Yung Flutes plastic bag?

Here's some cases that came with flutes in the mail a while back:


There's some print that reads Six Pack Cooler on the side.


These came from Ireland. My postal clerk looked a little worried when I was signing for them

Yungflutes wrote:

BrianP wrote:

Seeing no one else is posting I will post my mode of transportation...

1 Senryu 1.8 Jiari

1 Plastic Bag...


http://www.floridashakuhachi.com/shakcase.jpg

Would that be a Yung Flutes plastic bag?

It is indeed sir

These "Ice Tubes" are good for carrying around a single shakuhachi. They are air-moisture tight. I added a piece of foam to the bottom and top of mine. They are available from many art supply vendors direct over the Internet and on eBay.



For carrying around my longer and fatter hocchiku or several shakuhachi together, I picked up this shotgun case.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/PISTOL-GRIP-SHOTGUN- … 0427197941

Dun Romin wrote:

But why do you say it is heavy? I've made my carry-cases of PVC-pipe as wel; I think they're light enough, I easely take four (and a lot of other stuf) with me in a small backpack.

Some 3 and 4 inch PVC pipe has thick walls, and some thin. He may not be able to get the thin walled stuff where he lives.

For example, here's one I made for my 1.8 some time ago with thin-walled PVC and light-weight end caps:

       

The shoulder strap is secured with velcro straps and ABS fittings. Lightweight and earthquake proof.

I have a big didgeridoo bag...customized by my grandmother. It carries all my flutes and also the bigger ones. Will add pictures soon.

http://www.thomann.de/de/thoman_didgeri … _130cm.htm

http://www.reiseberichteaustralien.de/d … doo_Tasche

I use a sturdy padded tripod bag available on-line or at the camera store,  the bigger the store the more choices  by brand or by length,   better in person  if you want to handle them to test the padding thickness and to see how big the accessory pockets are.         The good quality ones come usually in three sizes, small, medium , and large, to fit every size our shakuhachi are made in. Smalls are plenty long for our 1.8 and 1.9's.       Some have an padded interior divider for two tripods or flutes.   Some are top loaders and most are zipper types like the soft shotgun case mentioned.  Some are boxy enough you can  put in multiple PVC tubes or Ice tubes and carry around possibly up to ten flutes for your next concert appearance!                Almost all are super rip-proof industrial strength Cordura.   A good source for these lightly used at half the price is Ebay,  but you have to be familar with the brand names  with quality, like Tenba,  Bogen Manfrotto, Gitzo, etc.         The cheaper ones are OK but you need to add padding, the zipper is strong but the bag is nylon only, no padding.  The carrying straps are more than adequate on most of them.

I carry mine around in a tenor or bass trombone case. Bass trombone holds about 15 flutes ranging up to 3.1 length. Tenor, similar number but only to 2.8. I use Reunion Blues brand. They come in either leather or cordura. For smaler gigs I use a straight soprano sax case of the same brand. That holds two flutes of 2.4 max.

PSmith wrote:

These "Ice Tubes" are good for carrying around a single shakuhachi. They are air-moisture tight. I added a piece of foam to the bottom and top of mine. They are available from many art supply vendors direct over the Internet and on eBay.

I posted about the "Ice Tube" in another thread. I got one, and was surprised when I tried to open it
from the "wrong" end, the one that's not supposed to open, that it opened quite easily.

I used the sort of glue that is used for PVC pipe to glue it on, and it's secure now. You might
be able to use pop rivits too.

But at least give it a good twist to make sure it's secure. Someone replied to my last posting
saying that their flute had fallen out the bottom of an Ice Tube onto the ground.

MikeL wrote:

PSmith wrote:

These "Ice Tubes" are good for carrying around a single shakuhachi. They are air-moisture tight. I added a piece of foam to the bottom and top of mine. They are available from many art supply vendors direct over the Internet and on eBay.

I posted about the "Ice Tube" in another thread. I got one, and was surprised when I tried to open it
from the "wrong" end, the one that's not supposed to open, that it opened quite easily.

I used the sort of glue that is used for PVC pipe to glue it on, and it's secure now. You might
be able to use pop rivits too.

But at least give it a good twist to make sure it's secure. Someone replied to my last posting
saying that their flute had fallen out the bottom of an Ice Tube onto the ground.

Ouch... Poor flute.

baka-kenshi wrote:

...
The Shakuhachi bag is from Perry Yung, who sold me an absolutely wonderful tensei shakuhachi -- that I practice with daily.
As an aside, Perry put up with me mulling over which shakuhachi to purchase for hours in his apartment...

--Anwar

Hey Anwar, Thanks for the kind words. I'm so happy that you are enjoying the flute. Was it really a few hours? Boy how times flies when your having fun!

From my perspective, it's always a bit unfortunate when people are here auditioning because there's so many choices. It's just not fair to the individual flute, sort of like speed dating.

But, if you want to know the reality of the situation, it took a few hours for that flute to choose  you.

You're always welcomed to come by again.
A deep bow,Perry