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August 22, 2007
Wide Bore Hocchiku shakuhachi
I have been making these wide bore Hocchiku back in 1995, even before I knew what they were really about. After I studied some well made ones in Japan in 2002-2003, specifically ones made by Kinya, I began to hone my skills to producing very functional ones for shakuhachi music.
Hi Perry,
Thanks for an amazing flute. Your wide bore flutes are a genuine pleasure to play, they feel and look fantastic, and most importantly, they are very responsive to the breath of each player. These flutes have a unique and poetic voice, and each of them has much to teach. Thanks again Perry.
- Matt
Matt is the proud owner of a 3.0 Hocchiku. It's 37" long and 2" in diameter.
Here is another Extreme Hocchiku. It's 3.2 pitched in E. Because of the large diameter, I craft the back of the top in my Butterfly Style utaguchi chin rest so that the player feels more comfort and can get the lips closer in to the blowing edge. Hocchiku are all natural shakuhachi flutes made only from bamboo, nothing added. The term is coined by Watazumi, the famous Komuso Monk who sought to bring the lofty Honkyoku back to it's origins of communing with nature on the most organic flute possible. Hocchiku translates as religious bamboo. There is much talk about how this flute should be categorized as an instrument. Watazumi term may have more meaning when applied to it's usage or approach to playing the shakuhachi, be it music or something else yet to discover.
Namaste, Perry
Posted by Perry Yung at August 22, 2007 01:06 PM