This flute is made to the same specifications as the Shishida and Maruyama shinobue flutes. This flute is easy to play. It has excellent low tones, making it ideal for hayashi (festival music) centered on the high register. Because it is handmade using natural materials, there may be natural shapes, patterns, bends, and scratches. The volume (it can make your ears tingle) and sound quality are superior to shinobue flutes. I have been researching physics for a long time. I have succeeded in selecting materials that are easy to blow and produce good sound. I discovered that only bamboo that meets certain conditions can produce sound on its own. Thickness: Approximately 21.5 mm at the blowing end Length: Approximately 40.8 cm Size of the blowing hole: Approximately 14.5 mm Bamboo hardness: Slightly soft Thickness: Slightly thick Pitch: Between six and six and a half hon (a unit of length for bamboo flutes) Range: Beautifully clear from the tube tone to the high register 5. It is made based on the standard fingering of a shinobue flute. Special fingerings and high register fingerings may vary depending on the region. It is recommended to check in the comments. About Wa-bue (Japanese bamboo flute) It is a transverse flute made by flute makers in Kyoto since the Heian period and has been passed down throughout the country. Wa-bue (bamboo flute) is the original form of hayashi and satokagura (village Shinto music) designated as intangible cultural properties. (It is a unique Japanese transverse flute.) Features: It is characterized by the use of madake (Japanese timber bamboo), hachiku (Pleioblastus gramineus), etc., with nodes. It is also called a bamboo flute. It reached its peak from the mid-Edo period to the Taisho period and spread throughout the country, used in hayashi and satokagura in various regions. However, it declined from the end of the Taisho period to the Showa period. Around this time, Shishida brand shinobue flutes spread throughout the country, and the difficult-to-play and expensive Wa-bue seemed to have lost to the shinobue. The origin of Wa-bue (bamboo flute) is in Kyoto, and the origin of shinobue is in Tokyo. (Kyoto's bamboo flute, Edo's shinobue) (Dragon's bamboo flute, Lion's shinobue) There seem to be only a few Wa-bue craftsmen in the country. (Because it is the most difficult to make, there are very few craftsmen who can play and make them) It seems to be quite expensive. (Around 50,000 yen) I am committed to making Wa-bue that are as easy to play and sound good as possible at a reasonable price. Please refrain from price reductions.