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November 17, 2007
Askewed Chin Rests on a Shakuhachi
Hi All, I love doing little tweaks on old flutes. Especially one like this one I did on a shakuhachi chin rest today.
This one came from a friend I do a lot of work with. As you can see. It's a beautiful old flute. Maybe around 60 years old. It is a wide bore flute with a voluptuos, mellow and fat tone that is consistent throughout the entire two octaves. There are finger marks around the holes to show that the flute has been played.
The chin rest was a little askewed as you can see at the top left. The owner said it wasn't noticeable until he played a long piece like Takiochi.
You can just see a small bump at the reflection.
After the work. It may still look a little askewed in the photo. If it does, it's because the top opening into the bore is not exactly centered. You can "rest" assured that the back top is symmetrical.
These old flutes polish up really well because there's a lot of rubbed in oils from the the face through many years of playing.
There's usually not much to debate over with this type of repair, unlike ones dealing tuning. We can easily see what the problem here, but when it comes to tuning everyone plays the flute differently.
I'll be posting a blog on two old flutes I recently re tuned.
Is your chin rest askewed?
Namaste, Perry
Posted by Perry Yung at November 17, 2007 06:25 AM
Comments
Hi Perry . The work looks great, I really cant wait until it comes home Oooooh so excited!
Posted by: Jeff Jones at November 17, 2007 12:34 PM