Yamamoto Bamboo Crafts (YAMAMOTOTAKIZAYIKUYA) Shakuhachi, Kinko-ryu, Seiryu (D) Tube, High-Quality Tube, 1.5 Shaku (1.8 Shaku) Tube, Made of Madake (K

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1. KEY FEATURES: - A shakuhachi 1-shaku 8-sun pipe made from Madake (Katsuratake) (54.5cm) Outer diameter approx. 5.0cm Inner and outer diameter approx.: 2.5cm Weight approx.: 260g Comes with a special shakuhachi bag - Country of Manufacture: Japan The material is Madake, which has a good sound, and the tip is a curved pipe that imitates the roots of bamboo.The Utaguchi is of the Kinko style, and the Utaguchi part slopes outward. - It is easy to play even for beginners, making it perfect for those who are just starting out with the shakuhachi. - It is a just-tempered one-shaku-hachi-sun tube with a 1-shaku-etsu (D4) tone in the Japanese Twelve Temperaments.The tuned tube has three octaves, and each note is tuned to a ±5 Hz range at 441 Hz. - Because it was grown in a harsh environment in the fields and mountains, the shakuhachi body is often exposed to direct sunlight and speckles that get wet from the rain.Furthermore, only one shakuhachi can be made from a single piece of bamboo, so there are no two similar pipes in the world, and it has the charm of not being able to be standardized.

3. PRODUCT DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT: - Weight: 0.26 kg - Dimensions: 54.5 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm