Back from the road...
I am back off the road for a few days and I wanted to post some info from my teacher I received in the last few days.  I am off to Vegas tomorrow but after I get back from there I will be posting more regularly.  I am just really busy and I apologize for any shortage of posts.  I will be at the camp I am getting ready to post about and I hope I see you there!

From Chikuzen:

Hello everyone, It's summer again! Well, soon to come. Let's be optimistic. This is just a preliminary announcement for the Summer RO Camp of 2009 on June 5~7 at Craig Ciola's house north of Columbus, Ohio about 40 minutes. We've had this at Craig's several years in a RO now and it's always been a wonderful place to play shakuhachi. We'll have more of the same this year: camping, good food, meeting old friends again and making new ones, renewing your shakuhachi life with fresh Ki, camp fires, grilled food too and lots of shakuhachi for all levels. What we won't have are mosquitoes since it's early June. I'll announce what songs we'll study soon. There won't be any special guests this time except everyone so the fee will be down to $200. plus the food/drink that we buy. Let me know your intentions as soon as you can. Remember, we have three bedrooms if that's a concern-first come first serve-and lots of extra tents and sleeping bags. A big floor in the living room and a big couch on the big floor! I hope to see all of you there this summer. I think it would be great. RO on, Michael
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Here I am...
Sorry I haven't posted recently.  I have been out and about.  I have been practicing the shakuhachi, riding unicycle and just plain living life.  I have been playing a lot lately and as always  am very thankful to my teacher Michael Chikuzen Gould for his time and help!  Here is a vid of me unicycling offroad for anyone interested in seeing it.



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Shingetsu 2.4 for sale






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I have a really nice full jinashi raw bore Chinese madake 2.4 flute for sale. It is perfectly tuned in the key of at A=440. It has a very strong raw sound. I am selling this flute for $220 shipped in the US. I paid almost twice this for the flute. See: http://www.flutedojo.com for more info on Jon's flutes.
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Shakuhachi Yuu for sale
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I am selling a used Shakuhachi Yuu in new condition for $60 shipped.  For more info see: http://shakuhachiyuu.com/


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Mujitsu Shakuhachi for sale





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As I continue to thin my shakuhachi collection I am going to put another great flute up for sale at a great price.  I pretty much only play my Justin shakuhachi at this time and to keep my playing centered and focused I am letting go of a few other flutes.  This is one of Ken Lacosse's high end chinese madake 2.1 flutes.  It is a 7 node flute with a full jinashi bore with urushi in the bore and an urushi covering on the utaguchi to protect it.  As you can see the finger hole placement is optimum and the whole flute is wide with a full deep sound and great backpressure.  This flute is 1 1/2" wide and as you can see in the pictures there is a very comfortable chin rest that also acts as a breath return.  Please feel free to email me with any questions @ brian@harpgear.com   I am going to sell this flute for $300usd and it is very worth it and Ken was origianlly asking almost two times more than this for the flute.


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Perry Yung 1.8 for sale cheap!!
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I am selling the Perry Yung nobe jiari 1.8 shakuhachi I used as my main flute for some time.  You can hear me play it for what its worth and see pics here.  I am selling if for $700 plus shipping and It is definitely well worth over twice this amount.  I can accept CC PP and MO if anyone is interested.  I still have 2 Kitahara flutes for sale also.  I have reduced the prices on these to $800 and $1000 respectively.  See this link for pics and info.  

Thanks!
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