Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Another idea:   
 
IF we have a bamboo a little larger than some measure specifications that we have from a very fine flute, we can make a "guide tube" to insert into the bamboo and then fulfill with ji or a substitute  the empty spaces . Making this the holes will stay in the exact place showed in the original flute measurements and theoretically the main factors that will change in this approach will be the deepness of the holes and the mouthpiece itself... 
 
But, actually I never made that... Just a mind trip... 
 

Peace.

edosan wrote:

Musgo da Pedra wrote:

That's just what Monty Levenson (and a few others) have been doing with his flutes for about 20 years now.

He calls it 'Precision Cast Bore'.

http://www.shakuhachi.com/Q-PCBStory.html

eB

Hi...

Very  nice to know this information... I have seen some pictures on Monty's book Stalking the Wild Bore and was asking me if  the PVC tube was serving to this purpose (as gauge). I'm happy to know that it is to use as gauge...   
 
Talking about the practice, the craft part, if it works fine, and we have a piece of bamboo that have some good balance of aesthetics, with some workable gauges, coloration , nodes configuration and of every desired thing, why we make a PVC shakuhachi instead of make a bamboo one (being this jiari or jinashi or a middle term)?   
 
Probably shortage of bamboo , of time or laziness... 
 
I thank's to the  great souls who help the humanity to capture those kind of ideas from the air, especially talking in shakuhachi crafting (to me at least) about the maker who was the first source of safe information from which I had access, the well known Monty Levenson... 
 
Any doubt about the way, ask for the living mushrooms of the fields... If they show their head, you will get the answer...

Peace...

Last edited by Musgo da Pedra (2008-01-16 21:10:46)

I have a PVC shakuhachi made by Kurita Masami of Ibaraki Prefecture.  It's fairly high tech for being made from pipe material.

He hasn't tapered the bore, but he has heated the tube and pinched it just a bit below the lowest hole and on the back side of the flute.  There's also come carving inside the tube and a bit of a flare out (heated) at the end. 

It's a pretty decent player.  His version of shaping the bore...

Hola Henrique!

Musgo da Pedra wrote:

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Any doubt about the way, ask for the living mushrooms of the fields... If they show their head, you will get the answer...

Peace...

Is this from Carlos Castaneda? Those interested in practicing his technique of lucid dreaming will also find many answers.

Yes, peace my friend, Perry

Hi Lorka,

Lorka wrote:

what exactly is his technique for Lucid Dreaming Perry?

Carlos Castenada's technique is to look to the back of your hands as way to hang onto the lucid state while dreaming. This means that you should have prepared yourself in the myriad of ways before bedtime. Then, once there you look to the back of your hands as a reminder of the waking world. Those who can enter this state usually can not remain lucid for too long because it's such a fantastical world and it's easy to get involved and go back into being a part of the dream as opposed to observing. Having your hands in front of you reminds you that you are dreaming.

I have never found one that worked too well for me.

It's very much like shakuhachi playing. It is an esoteric practice with strange exercises.  One has to tell him/herself in waking life that looking at the back of the hands means a dream state otherwise it won't compute during a dream.

The more you do it, the better you get at it. Obviously, there are many ways to approach it and I use a combination of techniques. If you haven't read them yet, look for The Art of Dreaming and Creative Dreaming. These are great books for dreamers.

Sorry to high jack the tread. We can move this conversation to the non-shakuhachi section.

Good luck, Perry

hey man!
                  Ive got a few pvc Shakuhachi that i made using a similar bore technique to the one your describing. The only difference is i take a 3/4 dowl and layer it with so soft tape untill it fits tite into the bottom of the shakuhachi! ok, then i slowly heat the pvc in the area i want to warp at the bottom of the shaku, now when it gets warm enough to make the dowl dip its ready to pull....''Hold the shaku front side up one hand on the dowl and one hand on the shaku and pull with even tention..then stop and hold it still where you want it to stay(if you hold it wright you can blow on it to cool it faster) and as it hardens kick the bottom out a bit,using the dowl for leverage!   Wow that was a run-on!   anyhoo ''i hope i got that out right and i works for ya.   I just made my first bamboo Shaku's a couple days ago and im glad i started on pvc boy let me tell yah what!

I have been checking that website out for a few days now.  I've made two shakuhachi.  One is based on the diagram in Yung's book, and the other is based on teh EAR 30 model from that website.  I haven't tried my hand at tapering yet.  I would need to get a heat gun and am trying to hold off on expenses at the moment.

I wondered if anyone has tried tapering by inserting material.  That website has a cool idea for inserting dowels and other things.  I considered inserting thinner PVC (They have stuff hear in FL that is good for sprinkler systems but not considered suitable for potable plumbing) into the lower end of the shakuhachi and using a cap.  I wondered if anyone knew of pitfalls in this method.