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February 28, 2007
The Shak Doc
My Wife called me the shak doc today. I was talking to two different people about repairing their cracked flutes over the phone earlier. A third drove up for a repair last week.
This Senshu came in by overnight Express. The frantic owner told me that the top was cracked wide open. "You can see light through it and the utagcuhi was falling off!" "It's fixable." I said. "It'll play like the day it was finished." I instructed him to find a non fuzzy piece of cloth like a T-shirt, get it wet and wrap it around the flute and then send it to me ASAP.
This is what it looked like when I removed it from the box. A little bit of moisture goes a long way.
Senshu's hanko
Black Nylon looks good on this one.
The next one up wasn't so lucky. We lost the utaguchi.
Stay tuned (ouch) to see what the shak doc finds for a replacement.
Until then, I'll leave you with my POV this week.
Remember, store your flutes in an airtight container.
Namaste, Perry
Posted by Perry Yung at February 28, 2007 10:52 PM
Comments
Wow!what a repair...can wait to blow in it..:-)
You are truly the shak doctor...;-)
keep the good work...i'll consider seriously
getting a long flute from you.
May the Ro's be good to you
Michel
Posted by: Michel Dubeau at March 1, 2007 02:25 PM