Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Are you using the infamous "dampit in a plastic bag" method of storing your flute? If so it's probably mold.

Tairaku -

No - No dampit in the bag.   I am from the school that holds that a practice session a day is enough moisture for the shakuhachi.

(Ralph Samuelson has a compromise approach - he puts the shakuhachi in a plastic bag, and places it in another secondary plastic bag.  He then places a dampit in the second bag.  This way the shakuhachi is in a moist environment, but the dampit is never up against the flute itself.  He claims he has not had a shakuhachi crack in 30 years.) 

Gishin-

Incense is a good idea.  If all else fails I will go with that.

Seth

I recommend washing the area a few times with a mild solution of Clorox bleach (say, 2-3 tablespoons in two cups of water).

You can use an old toothbrush to do a gentla scrub, the rinse it off well and dry with a paper towel or soft cloth. Repeat a few
times over the next week or so, and you probably won't have to do it again, if ever, for a very long time.

I think the incense is a good idea too, but it won't really do much for the cause, whatever it is.



It's also quite possible to wrap your flute in only ONE plastic bag and apply humidity as well using a small chunk of
plastic dishwashing sponge instead of a dampit:


Wet the piece of sponge so it's damp, but not dripping. Slip the flute into the bag blowing end in first.

Place the sponge into the bag so it's NOT touching the flute and loosely fold over the end of the bag and fasten with a rubber band.

Perry Yung has an illustrated tutorial of this on the Forum somewhere, and I've been doing it for 15 years with very good results (at
least, no BAD results).


eB

You could also move to Virginia. The humidity here never drops below 60% and my flutes do just great out and about the house..... and with that said one is bound to explode tonight.

Eric

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Last edited by Gishin (2008-01-29 19:55:24)

Gishin wrote:

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I'm a little confused.  Are you suggesting Femanol might be able to resolve the smell / mold issues in my shakuhachi? 

I guess it is worth a shot...