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Hi.
Excuse me for my terrible english, but i've a questions.
1)The measure 1.8 is a note or lenght of flute (es. 54,5cm)?
2) If i've 54,5cm lenght flute what's the internal diameter (around, without tickness)?
Thanks.
Fernando.
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phase wrote:
Hi.
Excuse me for my terrible english, but i've a questions.
1)The measure 1.8 is a note or lenght of flute (es. 54,5cm)?
2) If i've 54,5cm lenght flute what's the internal diameter (around, without tickness)?
Thanks.
Fernando.
"1.8" means "one shaku" (which=.996 feet), "8 sun" (1 sun=.10 shaku, ie, 10 sun=1shaku).
The internal diameter of a 1.8 flute is usually 20-24mm, at least, at the blowing end, and usually becomes smaller toward the root end.
Also, "1.8" usually refers to a flute that plays the pitch D with all holes closed. This is a convention, and ALL 1.8 length flutes may NOT actually
play in D.
Hope this makes sense...
Last edited by edosan (2009-11-30 12:41:49)
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Thanks of the answer.
With a flute along 54,5cm breadth 4,5cm thing does us?
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phase wrote:
Thanks of the answer.
With a flute along 54,5cm breadth 4,5cm thing does us?
Don't quite understand this question, but 54.5 cm is a common length for 1.8 shakuhachi, and 4.5 cm could be a 'normal' outside diameter
of the bamboo at the blowing end, if the bamboo had pretty thick walls.
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Here are the measures of my flute, 54.5cm is the lenght of flute and 4.5cm it is the external measure and 3,5cm it's internal diameter,it is possible it stuffed a shakuhachi?
Last edited by phase (2009-12-02 03:19:08)
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phase wrote:
"...it is possible it stuffed a shakuhachi?"
Sorry, don't understand this part of the question.
What is it that you are trying to find out about this flute? Whether it IS a 1.8 shakuhachi?
If it plays with all holes closed at the pitch of D, it IS a 1.8 shakuhachi. The internal
dimension of the bore seems a bit large to me, so it may play flat of D.
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Migod, 35mm ID at the utaguchi is enormous...
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