End-blown flute
Vernacular Name
- Shaukuhachi (I Shaku Kyu Sun)
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- Notch flute
Date1900-1925 ca.
Place MadeJapan, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
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
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03542
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1960 ca.
1900-1925 ca.
1900-1925 ca.
