Hato no Uta piece

Very cool Andrew.

What's the difference between zentaku and any other long jinashi flute?

There is no such a huge difference really.
Zentaku flutes are made by BAmbooway - our local Russian master.
So the question can be addressed to him. He is also a member of this forum :-)

How many jinashi fanatics are there in Russia right now? Next time you have a festival invite me!

Almost everyone :-)

Cool! It would be great to meet up with all of you one day!
I am still dreaming of a European Shakuhachi Summer School in Russia!

We dream of that too !

How can you have European School in Russia, it's in Asia!

If we have it West of the Ural mountains... we will be in Europe still.

Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains



That would be really nice. We need to get in contact with the people who are doing the Japanese music festival in Moscow. I have tried but without luck so far. It would be good if both you jinashi aficionados and the other group can be part of it together with ESS. Let's keep trying!

Shame on you, geographer
Half of Russia is Europe

Which half?

Is it the half that borders on Japan?

Japan?
Where is it?

Ok, we split Russia into 4... there is enough land there anyway. Then we say 1/4 is European, 1/4 is Asian. 1/4 is American and 1/4 African. We can play poker about which part should be in which part of the world.... then we can make trade agreements after that... and of course shakuhachi agreements...