Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Greetings to all. I'm very glad that there's finally a forum just for us Shakuhachi players. I've been flying blind for too long all by myself out here. It's only been with the assistance of people like Ken LaCosse and Perry Yung that I've learned as much as I have, and have stayed interested in the Shakuhachi.

I'm a 37 year old maker/player here in Seattle. I started out about a year or so ago, just making a few simple flutes from Tonkin Bamboo, and recently made my first batch of Root-End flutes, which play very well; I'm very excited about being able to make nice flutes, and hope to someday offer them to the public. I got lucky that playing and making have both come very easily to me; However, I'd be nowhere, honestly, in flute making, without the extensive help of Ken LaCosse and his excellent PDF on flutemaking, as well as the million-plus questions I've asked him over the last year. The first Shakuhachi I made, a 1.8, came out sounding a little better, and just as in tune, as my Shakuhachi Yuu, so I'm pretty happy with it.

I'm happy to be here, and can't wait to share all this flute goodness!

-Eddie