Shakuhachi (flute)
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Shakuhachi (flute)
SHAKUHACHI;
Lambros Liavas
633 cm x 39 cm x 36.5 cm (Tube external diameter: 31-36.5 mm, mouthpiece internal diameter: 23 mm, mouthpiece wall thickness: 4 mm, finger hole diameter: 9.5-10 mm, register hole diameter: 9.5-10, metal plate width: 39 mm.)
Bamboo floghera, 633 mm in length, with 4 finger holes on the front side, a thumb hole on the back side and two register holes near the foot joint. It has a decorative metal plate tied with leather straps to the body of the instrument. The plate has a design in relief with musical instruments and two ideographs, inside a border with a fishbone pattern in relief. Near its lower end, there is an engraved inscription that reads: "Α#". At the height of the metal plate, there is a cavity lined with a skin membrane. The tube has 5 bands that are wound with fishing line. The mouthpiece is shaped like a hollow edge, formed on the rim of the upper end of the tube.