What happend to this one?

Some fool butchered an old flute. Hopefully it was a bad flute to begin with because if it was a good one............

Not at all arrogant huh Brian! Actually, looks like a nice flute, that someone used for jazz, then sometime taped the holes. The placement of the larger holes looks normal. 'old and Signed' hmmm.

Actually I'm not the only one who thinks it's a sin to destroy vintage instruments. If that's arrogance, so be it. If people want to do goofy things like put extra holes that's fine musically and they should do it on flutes they make themselves or commission living makers to make one with that in mind. But it's disrespectful of the original maker's intention and the music that the flute was intended for to alter the flute and render it incapable of playing the music is was designed for. So, double disrespectful. However if you look upon flutes and music as objects to own, I suppose people can do whatever they want with it. As long as they own it. Since shakuhachi sometimes last for centuries I think of myself as the current owner of a flute and hope to pass it on to the next owners in full respect of the maker and the music it can play in the future when I'm long gone.

I've seen the hanko before. I think it was probably a good flute. Maybe it's still a good flute for the new owner...

It's one thing to take a bad old flute and rehabilitate it, as you do sometimes Perry. It's another to take a good old flute that's designed for Myoan playing and add holes. I think that's arrogant, since that word is being bandied about. It's materialistic to think we actually own these things when we know we're only temporary guardians at best.