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After finishing a 1.6 Hocchiku I sat down and played it for about an hour...
when I heard this distinctive cracking sound..
upon inspection I found a crack from the top to the 5th hole.
Knowing that I was out of CA glue..
I tried cable ties as a temporary solution...
It worked really well.
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What species of bambboo are you using ?
Kel.
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Necessity is the mother of invention. I think you're on to something
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Kel wrote:
What species of bambboo are you using ?
I don't know what species.. it's sold as "High Quality Yellow Bamboo poles" by JapanGarden.co.uk .
Perry wrote:
Necessity is the mother of invention. I think you're on to something
Yes, every traveling player should carry 6 cable ties in their gig bag...
john.
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dust wrote:
Perry wrote:
Necessity is the mother of invention. I think you're on to something
Yes, every traveling player should carry 6 cable ties in their gig bag...
john.
I was on a theater tour once and my flute cracked in the hotel. I wish I had the cables then! The best thing I found were metal hose clamps. Not a beautiful site on stage but they got me through the show
These days, I always have a wooden back up flute in the dressing room.
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Here's a tool from the bicycle repair domain, generally called a '4th-hand cable tool' that is perfect for applying pressure to zip-ties to tighten them (much more than can be done by hand) that would be a useful addition to this great idea:
Using zip-ties like this would also be an excellent way to secure a crack before applying binding. The tool pulls on the long tail to apply tension before cutting off the tail.
Available from Amazon and on eBay for 20-25 bucks. Well worth the cost if you use zip-ties very much.
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Only bammnboo I have had snap right open is the light coloured Chinese 'moso', one cracked with the sound of 'one hand clapping' while I was blowing, but as well, most of the culms I had cracked before being made into flutes.
I have used bicycle inner tube bands doubled up, pretty tight.
kel.
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dust wrote:
After finishing a 1.6 Hocchiku I sat down and played it for about an hour...
when I heard this distinctive cracking sound ...upon inspection I found a crack from the top to the 5th hole.
Knowing that I was out of CA glue ... I tried cable ties as a temporary solution ... It worked really well.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj27 … t/0935.jpg
Mr. dust, sir,
It is my distinct pleasure, very distinct, to announce that you, dust, are this year's winner of the Pomona Shakuhachi Association's Grand Daikon Award for Creative On-The-Road Shakuhachi Repair*
Congratulations. You are a living example of the Buddhist proverb, "Move one speck of dust and you move the world."
Yours Truly,
Chris Moran, Grand Panda Kawaii
Pomona Shakuhachi Association and Visually-Impaired Skateboarders Union
* (if this resembles in any way shape or form the First Annual Shakuhachi Forum Reader's Grand Daikon (Big Radish of the Ninth Degree) Award presented to Mujitsu and Tairaku last year. It is.)
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