SHAKUHACHI YUU + FREE LESSON WITH MICHAEL CHIKUZEN GOULD SHAKUHACHI MASTER

Description

The Shakuhachi Yuu
(Size - 1.8 / Key of D)
If you would enjoy the opportunity, a free 60-minute introductory online shakuhachi lesson with Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould will be included with your purchase of a Shakuhachi Yuu! This opportunity will be honored only with purchases from this listing. After your purchase, information will be sent to you for contacting Michael. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn correct posture, how to hold the shakuhachi, how to easily produce sounds, how to read basic notes for the shakuhachi, and hear what the shakuhachi can sound like by hearing a master play! After your purchase here, you may contact Michael Chikuzen Gould at www.chikuzenstudios.com and let him know you made a purchase from Neil at Naljor Creations. Michael WILL NOT honor this offer for a free lesson if the Shakuhachi Yuu is purchased from other sellers.
PLEASE NOTE! I have been the USA distributor for the Shakuhachi Yuu for over 15 years. I was honored to be given the USA distributorship and have worked diligently bringing this excellent shakuhachi to students, teachers, zen centers and music stores. Now many people in Japan are coming onto eBay selling the Yuu at lower prices to make a quick sale. I would ask respectfully for your continued  support, making your purchase from a USA distributor and which purchase supports a nonprofit organization. Thank you!
The Shakuhachi Yuu
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Endorsed by professional teachers and shakuhachi players worldwide.
* Plays easily, with a clear, bright and confident tone. Well tuned, excellent sound quality, tonal balance and accurate musical intervals.
* An affordable and quality instrument for beginning your shakuhachi practice.
* Made from ABS Plastic Resin - Weatherproof and virtually indestructible. Take it with you anywhere, no worries about cracking!
* Feels just like a real bamboo shakuhachi in your hands.
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Endorsements from Professional
Teachers and Players
"I like the Yuu Shakuhachi very much. I like the quality of this flute for the price."
- Masayuki Koga / Shakuhachi Master
"I would be happy to write a testimonial for the Yuu Shakuhachi. I think they are the best thing that's ever happened for shakuhachi beginner's in the USA. Financially and qualitatively they can't be beat. There is nothing else close out there for the price."
- Michael Chikuzen Gould / Shakuhachi Teacher and Performer
"What a surprising instrument is the Yuu shakuhachi. Robust plastic, molded into the form of a bamboo root-end, it certainly looks the part. But the most pleasing aspect is the tremendous sound; so clear and responsive. I would have no hesitation in using the shakuhachi Yuu in a performance at any level. It is a must for beginners, and at such a reasonable price, and as a "second" flute for experienced shakuhachi players, professionals and teachers."
- Andrew MacGregor / Shakuhachi Teacher and Performer, Australia
The Yuu shakuhachi offers a very affordable and decent flute that is adequate both for beginners, as a basic entry level flute, as well as more advanced players who are seeking a flute to take to the beach or to the woods or to the desert. The Shakuhachi Yuu is the finest inexpensive flute available at the present time.
- Philip Gelb / Shakuhachi Player and Teacher, USA
I am a professional musician and I teach shakuhachi in Montréall. I endorse the Shakuhachi Yuu fully. It is a very good student instrument and great back-up for professional shakuhachi players. I also find your Shakuhachi Yuu very handy for a tough task—jazz clubs, outside concerts and cold weather!
- Michel Dubeau / Woodwind and Shakuhachi Player/Teacher, Canada
Recently I played the plastic Yuu Shakuhachi for the first time. And I am really impressed by it. This is an instrument that I can give to beginning students who do not yet have a shakuhachi of their own. Now they can experience how it feels to play a real shakuhachi, because this instrument is in many ways comparable with a good quality shakuhachi. The weight makes it feel like a genuine madake shakuhachi. Another very good quality for beginning students is that it is rather easy to produce a tone and the tone quality is strong and pure. And all this for a rather cheap price. As for myself, I am very glad to have found this instrument. Now I can take my shakuhachi wherever I want to go without having to be afraid it will be damaged. And also, now I can take a
bath and play my own music...great!
- Kees Kort / Shakuhachi Teacher, Holland
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'Yuu' - At Ease, Calm, Serene,
Composed, Victorious and Eternal.
Designed by a world famous Japanese musician in 1976, the 1.8 size Shakuhachi Yuu is a quality, well tuned instrument, available at an affordable price for anyone who wants to play shakuhachi.
With its precision bore design, the Shakuhachi Yuu plays easily, with a clear, bright and confident tone. The Yuu has good sound quality, accurate musical intervals, and excellent tonal balance throughout the entire musical scale.
The Shakuhachi Yuu is a perfect student shakuhachi for beginning players who want to experience the shakuhachi without spending a lot of money. There are also many advanced shakuhachi players and teachers around the world who enjoy having a Yuu in their collection as well.
One of the best things about the Shakuhachi Yuu is that it does not require maintenance like bamboo! You can take this flute with you wherever you go—traveling to foreign countries, hiking, backpacking, to the beach or desert—all without the slightest fear of the instrument being damaged.
The Shakuhachi Yuu will withstand any weather conditions, you can even play it in your bath or in a hot tub under the stars! In addition, the Shakuhachi Yuu feels very similar to bamboo, in terms of its size and weight, is extremely rugged in its construction and disassembles easily in two pieces for travel.
Friends, please do not let the fact that the Shakuhachi Yuu is made from ABS plastic resin fool you or turn you away from owning one. This is a wonderful shakuhachi, endorsed by numerous teachers and players, and the Yuu plays as well as some of the more expensive bamboo shakuhachi.
...A perfect choice for an affordable and quality shakuhachi for starting your practice!
Production of the Shakuhachi Yuu
For those who may be interested, the production of the Shakuhachi Yuu is a collaboration between the engineer of the ABS Resin construction and a professional bamboo shakuhachi tuner. After the first stages of production, a professional bamboo shakuhachi tuner cuts the Shakuhachi Yuu to exact size and the utaguchi or blowing edge is crafted. And finally, the insides of five holes are crafted and fine tuned.
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