Hello everyone, I've had this urge to get a sninobue for a while, but its very rare to find such a thing in my country. There are some on ebay, but I'm curious about the pricing (100+$) I wanted to ask anyone if they knew if the price is reasonable? Are they priced like that in Japan too ? Maybe someone knows a good outlet that would ship them to Europe ?
Japanese traditional wind instrument - shinobue
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If you want a really nice one, that seems reasonable (assuming it's a nice one).
If you just want to try it out, you don't need to spend so much (looks like rakuten at least will ship to Lithuania)
Rakuten: Shinobue Japanese Musical Instruments Musical Instruments - Shopping Japanese products from Japan
Amazon.com: Model DS101 C Beginner Level Shinobue Japanese Bamboo Flute: Musical Instruments
Amazon.com: Model DS201 C# Intermediate Level Shinobue Japanese Bamboo Flute: Musical Instruments
If you just want to try it out, you don't need to spend so much (looks like rakuten at least will ship to Lithuania)
Rakuten: Shinobue Japanese Musical Instruments Musical Instruments - Shopping Japanese products from Japan
Amazon.com: Model DS101 C Beginner Level Shinobue Japanese Bamboo Flute: Musical Instruments
Amazon.com: Model DS201 C# Intermediate Level Shinobue Japanese Bamboo Flute: Musical Instruments
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I don't play the shinobue but I do play keyless flutes (mostly in the Irish style). $100 is really pretty reasonable for a bamboo flute, but you can still get decent handcrafted bamboo flutes down to maybe $50.
When you see one for $15, it was probably mass-produced, and you simply cannot mass-produce bamboo or wood wind instruments. They may -look- the same but they won't -sound- the same. They may not work at all, or be horribly out of tune, or just have an abnormal sound. If you're at a shop and can try them, you can get lucky, but I'd be concerned about buying at that price without being able to test it.
(Of course, you -can- mass produce perfectly decent instruments at that price - in plastic or metal, which are very easily handled by machines, if you decided to play the recorder or the pennywhistle instead.)
I'd be careful and not jump at anything that looks too good to be true. Check that you can return for a replacement or full refund any instrument that doesn't work. (You may need someone who can play the flute to check - some people take to it immediately and some take days just to get a clear sound. Fortunately, all side blown flutes play pretty much the same so any kind of flautist can check the sound, they don't have to know the shinobue.)
When you see one for $15, it was probably mass-produced, and you simply cannot mass-produce bamboo or wood wind instruments. They may -look- the same but they won't -sound- the same. They may not work at all, or be horribly out of tune, or just have an abnormal sound. If you're at a shop and can try them, you can get lucky, but I'd be concerned about buying at that price without being able to test it.
(Of course, you -can- mass produce perfectly decent instruments at that price - in plastic or metal, which are very easily handled by machines, if you decided to play the recorder or the pennywhistle instead.)
I'd be careful and not jump at anything that looks too good to be true. Check that you can return for a replacement or full refund any instrument that doesn't work. (You may need someone who can play the flute to check - some people take to it immediately and some take days just to get a clear sound. Fortunately, all side blown flutes play pretty much the same so any kind of flautist can check the sound, they don't have to know the shinobue.)
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You can check the sound of each shinobue(not all, though) in the following site.
Shinobue Flute | Mejiro Co.
Shinobue Flute | Mejiro Co.
- 8 Aug 2005
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oh man those sound so lovely, it makes me want one!
