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End-blown flute
Alternate name:Notch flute
Vernacular name:Shaukuhachi (I Shaku Kyu Sun)
Date: 1900-1925 ca.
Place Made:Japan, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBamboo with tortoise shell or water buffalo horn utagachi (blowing edge insert). Four fingerholes plus thumbhole. Interior lacquered red. The utaguchi shape differs depending on the school of shakuhachi playing it comes from. The two main types are Kinko and Tozan.
DimensionsTotal assembled length: 603 mm
Acoustical length: Same
Inner Bore:
Top:21 mm-22.3 mm
Bottom: 19.7 mm
Exterior diameter
Top: 36.4 mm-38.5 mm
Bottom: 40.4 mm-45.7 mm
Embouchure hole: 21.7 mm x 22.0 mm
Notch: 11.4 mm x 2.8 mm (width x depth)
Toneholes (lengthwise measurements given first)
Back Hole: 11.0 mm x 9.9 mm
Tone holes
1: 11.0 mm x 10.1 mm
2: 10.2 mm x 9.6 mm
3: 11.1 mm x 10.1 mm
4: 11.3 mm x 10.6 mm
Acoustical length: Same
Inner Bore:
Top:21 mm-22.3 mm
Bottom: 19.7 mm
Exterior diameter
Top: 36.4 mm-38.5 mm
Bottom: 40.4 mm-45.7 mm
Embouchure hole: 21.7 mm x 22.0 mm
Notch: 11.4 mm x 2.8 mm (width x depth)
Toneholes (lengthwise measurements given first)
Back Hole: 11.0 mm x 9.9 mm
Tone holes
1: 11.0 mm x 10.1 mm
2: 10.2 mm x 9.6 mm
3: 11.1 mm x 10.1 mm
4: 11.3 mm x 10.6 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 03542