Jiari Shakuhachi Rootless Series

( ! ) STUDIO RECORDING HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUMENT ( ! )

(This product is available in stock and is not eligible for exchange or return, please read additional information as pre-order process and T&C policies).

From the bamboo forests to the stage, this is our motto that bets on the sound, look and feel of a high quality instrument ready for the professional stage.

The Nenashi Series 根無し (meaning “rootless”) is our high-end line of jiari flutes. Made from specially selected bamboo sections very close from the root end. This instrument offers exceptional resonance, lightness and balance, ideal for long playing sessions and travel. Made of lightweight rootless resistant bamboo with great resonance, very comfortable to handle and play.

Unmatched playability and exquisite design. Each Nenashi flute features a meticulously crafted mouthpiece for precise articulation and rich resonance. The accurately-tuned design provides a bright, captivating tone in three full registers. Ergonomic finger holes ensure a comfortable playing experience.

For added protection and refinement of sound, the flutes incorporate a unique natural mixture inner lining and a non-toxic varnish finish. Exterior bamboo body polished and moisturized with almond oil. Made of 100% Colombian materials that prioritizes sustainable practices.

Jiari Shakuhachi Rootless Series is our special limited edition high-end flutes designed and handcrafted by Zapata sensei that features the best specifications, sound, look and technological design for the best blowing and sounding experience.

Our Jiari 地 在 りShakuhachi flutes blend the naturalness of cured and selected bamboo with the technology of inner coating adjusted in different diameters with special natural mixture and non-toxic lacquer finish, to provide protection, durability, and a more lively tone unique and professional in each flute.

Its precision inlay design mouthpiece is unique and designed by Master Zapata. Thanks to this cutting-edge mouthpiece design and accurate tuning, it can effortlessly play three registers (ryo, kan and daikan). The Jiari series is a type of flute made of thick root-end bamboo, with natural balance, perfect and impeccable aesthetics.

The Koumori uta-guchi 蝙蝠歌口 (Singing bat mouth) precision mouthpiece offers a different blowing and sound experience, which you can learn more about below:

Benefits of a Koumori uta-guchi Cutting-edge precision mouthpiece:

• Its inverted triangular blowing area offers a distinctive timbre to the blow of the air in the inlaid design area.
• By having a wide mouthpiece design and with a closed but deep circumference, it allows you to accurately obtain notations in its three registers, as well as to play with blowing effects, angles and directions to create different harmonics along its blowing edge.
• Exclusive design found only in the Zapata sensei flutes.

These shakuhachi are crafted from the finest selection root-end bamboo to create a perfect wind instrument with an unmatched tone that only the colombian bamboo can offer.

This bamboo has been grown at 1000-1400 meters altitude and strengthened by different temperatures for almost 3 years. Cured and dried for 2 years before the flute is handcrafted in a delicate and patient process personally performed by master Zapata to obtain a flute ready for concert, studio recording or home training practice.

The quality of this bamboo is characterized by the fact that it has been used by the Colombian construction industry for many years in large-scale architectural constructions due to its physical-mechanical properties as a renewable alternative to conventional materials.

This flute has a natural balance and very easy to hold given by the lightness of a not so thick bamboo walls without root end.

This flute includes: Certificate of authenticity, blowing and notation instructions sheet (fingering chart according to the key of the flute), clothing bag made of resistant fabric to protect the instrument (cloth bag is delivered according to availability, reference photo). Flute stand sold separately.

Features & Specs
100% Colombian materials and products.

Line and series
Line: Jiari
Series: Rootless
Body
Standard
Body: Bamboo 
Bamboo type: Colombian
Root end: No
Bamboo thickness: Lightweight
Holes: 5 aligned

Utaguchi, ago atari & mouthpiece
Mouthpiece type: Inlaid
Reference: Koumori uta-guchi 蝙蝠歌口 (Singing bat mouth)
Chin-rest angle (顎当たり): Extended

Tuning
Available Keys: D4, C4, B3, A3, G3
Scale: Pentatonic
Tessitura: 3 registers

Finishes
Body color: Natural
Interior coating: Yes
Material: Natural mixture and non-toxic varnish (Red color)
Exterior varnish: Yes
Hanko / kanji engraving: thermal sublimation

VERY IMPORTANT: When choosing bass flutes from key A 2.3 and up, please indicate the location of your hands when holding the flute, this information will be used to locate the holes of the flute you are ordering. We recommend listening to the video that shows each tone and tessitura of the instrument according to its key, so you can get a better approach to the sound, tone and key you are looking for. The longer the flute, the deeper the sound.

( ! ) Reference photos. All of our Shakuhachi flutes in this series are similar in bamboo appearance and aesthetics. The other decorative items shown in the photographs, other than the flute and cloth bag, are not included with the purchase of this product ( ! ).

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