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I was going through some piles in the shop and came across some unfinished bombs from throughout the years. Just a sample of many!
From top to bottom:
Extra long serpent shakuhachi with a much too thin aspect ratio. Weak low end.
Bamboo stuffed with 1" PVC. Muffled tone. Unnecessary.
Half serpent with broken neck. Top end is long gone.
Cast bore "positive" mandrel stuck forever inside flute.
3/4 inch PVC stuffed inside 1" PVC. Dead tone. Unnecessary.
Attempt at a wide bore shakuhachi. Awful!
Moral of the story - Be fearless! Try everything! Fall down! Persevere!
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Haha! Inspiring!
I'm starting to look differently at the cast iron plumbing I ripped out of the walls of my 100 year old house! Maybe there's a shakuhachi in there somewhere waiting to happen.
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You've got to learn how to fall before you learn to fly.
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It is a bold and courageous moment to cut up a failed shakuhachi and use it as kindling to start my open fire, bbut also wonderful thing that that piece of bamboo can still be useful.
kel.
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Ken, you are a genius! I might call some stuff in my PhD as 'glorious failures' ! I will quote you!
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hahahahaha
Great man! Great!
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The top one is my favorite, but then I'm a big fan of Dr. Seuss. Did it grow like that, or did you bend it?
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Yooper wrote:
The top one is my favorite, but then I'm a big fan of Dr. Seuss. Did it grow like that, or did you bend it?
It's a little-known variety: kinkystachys bambusoides. Grown indoors in pots and watered only with green tea.
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Yooper wrote:
The top one is my favorite, but then I'm a big fan of Dr. Seuss. Did it grow like that, or did you bend it?
Mark,
The flute begins as one piece. The bends are made by a series of angled cuts which are rotated then glued. Alan experimented with rubber which is probably more efficient.
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