Japanese Mountain Cherry Branch Flute
with Hirajoshi tuning in the key of A
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The beautiful cherry bark
has
been left on this Japanese Mountain
Cherry flute, Prunus
serrulata
var. spontanea,
measuring
17 1/2" in
length, with four tuning holes. This solid bore
branch flute
has been
tuned to the traditional Japanese Hirajoshi scale in the
key of A, with
five finger holes.
The bird has been fitted with a cedar shoe and a
drain hole has been designed into the air chamber to help
prevent wet-out. Deer leather lacing, with
malachite
and wooden beads secures the bird to her nest.
Crushed
malachite has been inlaid into the bird of the flute, as
well as into
one of the knots. The branch for this flute came
from the
mountains of Japan,
shipped to me from a friend about 7 years ago. Of
interest, Kabazaiku is the 200 year old
art form in Japan of making woodworks from the bark of
Mountain Cherry
trees.
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