Shakuhachi flute project
I love making Shakuhachi flutes ever since I heard one at the Asia Pacific Museum in Pasadena. This is my attempt at making one from bamboo. its my second one, my first one being made out of PVC pipe. I wanted to make sure I could build one so the PVC was my test build.
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- I was given some bamboo that was used for decor in someones condo unit and decided to make a Shakuhachi. Here is where I cut a section and started knocking out the nodes with a rasp file
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- I sanded the blowing edge (utaguchi)
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- I sanded the black paint that covered the bamboo and after drilling the holes I used a candle and burned the edges of the hole cuts
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- Ready for some staining
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- Stained and a few coats of varnish. Plays nice but its a real art playing one of these