The Shakuhachi Yuu FRIENDS, PLEASE NOTE! I have been the USA distributor for the Shakuhachi Yuu for over 15 years. I was honored to be given the USA distributorship and have worked hard bringing this excellent flute to students, teachers, zen centers and music stores. Now many people in Japan are coming onto eBay selling the Yuu at lower prices just to make a quick dollar or two. I would ask respectfully for your continued support, making your purchase from a USA distributor and which purchase supports a nonprofit organization. Thank you! * Endorsed by professional teachers and shakuhachi players worldwide. ______________________ Endorsements from Professional
The Yuu shakuhachi offers a very affordable and decent flute that is adequate both for beginners, as a basic entry level flute, as well as more advanced players who are seeking a flute to take to the beach or to the woods or to the desert. The Shakuhachi Yuu is the finest inexpensive flute available at the present time. I am a professional musician and I teach shakuhachi in Montréall. I endorse the Shakuhachi Yuu fully. It is a very good student instrument and great back-up for professional shakuhachi players. I also find your Shakuhachi Yuu very handy for a tough task—jazz clubs, outside concerts and cold weather! Recently I played the plastic Yuu Shakuhachi for the first time. And I am really impressed by it. This is an instrument that I can give to beginning students who do not yet have a shakuhachi of their own. Now they can experience how it feels to play a real shakuhachi, because this instrument is in many ways comparable with a good quality shakuhachi. The weight makes it feel like a genuine madake shakuhachi. Another very good quality for beginning students is that it is rather easy to produce a tone and the tone quality is strong and pure. And all this for a rather cheap price. As for myself, I am very glad to have found this instrument. Now I can take my shakuhachi wherever I want to go without having to be afraid it will be damaged. And also, now I can take a bath and play my own music...great! __________ 'Yuu' - At Ease, Calm, Serene, Designed by a world famous Japanese musician in 1976, the 1.8 size Shakuhachi Yuu is a quality, well tuned instrument, available at an affordable price for anyone who wants to play shakuhachi. With its precision bore design, the Shakuhachi Yuu plays easily, with a clear, bright and confident tone. The Yuu has good sound quality, accurate musical intervals, and excellent tonal balance throughout the entire musical scale. One of the best things about the Shakuhachi Yuu is that it does not require maintenance like bamboo! You can take this flute with you wherever you go—traveling to foreign countries, hiking, backpacking, to the beach or desert—all without the slightest fear of the instrument being damaged. Friends, please do not let the fact that the Shakuhachi Yuu is made from ABS plastic resin fool you or turn you away from owning one. This is a wonderful shakuhachi, endorsed by numerous teachers and players, and the Yuu plays as well as some of the more expensive bamboo shakuhachi.
For those who may be interested, the production of the Shakuhachi Yuu is a collaboration between the engineer of the ABS Resin construction and a professional bamboo shakuhachi tuner. After the first stages of production, a professional bamboo shakuhachi tuner cuts the Shakuhachi Yuu to exact size and the utaguchi or blowing edge is crafted. And finally, the insides of five holes are crafted and fine tuned. ___________________________ International Buyers Please Note: |