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This is a 1.8 length shakuhachi (D) by the maker To-Sui (都水), repaired and fine-tuned professionally by Monty Levenson.
This is a professional-standard shakuhachi that feels robust in the hand, with impeccable tuning and a powerful tone. It has a tozan-style utaguchi and sterling silver nakatsugi binding.
1.8 To-sui shakuhachi for sale
£800 / €930 / $1040
+shipping (see below)
Will consider reasonable offers, simply get in touch if you are particularly interested in this shakuhachi but are not able to pay the full price.
| Length | 54.5cm |
|---|---|
| Weight | 492g |
| Bell outer diameter | 52mm |
| Bell inner diameter | 18.5mm |
| Utaguchi outer diameter | 39mm |
| Utaguchi inner diameter | 21mm |
| Fingerhole size (avg) | 10.5mm (hole 4 = 10mm) |
If you would like any additional measurements please get in touch.
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Front
Right
Back
Left
Hanko To-sui (都水) and Monty Levenson (空節)
Crack stabilised with inlaid rattan binding
The two parts
Comes with black leather cap
Utaguchi (tozan style)
Root end
This is a vintage jiari shakuhachi that has been restored and repaired by Monty Levenson, with a black lacquer on the inside of the bore.
This instrument is made from a very high quality piece of madaké bamboo. It doesn’t have much curvature at the root end, nor much variegation in the color of the bamboo, but the patina of the bamboo testifies to its vintage status. it is well-proportioned with good fushi placement and node-to-finger hole balance. It conforms quite closely to the traditional aesthetic for shakuhachi defining the relationship between nodes and finger holes and with regards to the curvature this shakuhachi has been shaped to perfection. It has a lightly mottled root end.