Shinobue "Kunpu（薫風）", simple design（the five degree）made | P-B-K5-3

This Japanese bamboo flute (shinobue) produces a clear, authentic shinobue sound with excellent tone balance. It requires a moderate amount of breath and features a comfortable size, making it ideal for beginners, women, and players with smaller hands.

Although bamboo is naturally prone to cracking, this shinobue is specially reinforced using vacuum resin impregnation technology, significantly improving durability and resistance to drying and cracking.

From careful bamboo selection and drying to finger hole drilling and precise tuning, every step of the manufacturing process is performed by hand by skilled craftsmen.

Made in Japan, this traditional Japanese flute is widely loved by musicians, including professional performers and shrine musicians, and is suitable for both practice and performance.

Creator

Kaoru Shimura

Lives and works in Kanagawa Prefecture.
At the age of 30, Kaoru Shimura started playing the shinobue because he likes mountain climbing and wanted to have a hobby that he could do even at the top of a mountain. Bamboo is a material that  tends to crack when it dries out, but he decided that he wanted to play it anytime, anywhere, which led him to research and develop the reinforced flute. He plays shinobue as a member of a local musical instrument preservation society.

What is "Vacuum Resin Impregnation Technology"?

The shinobue is placed entirely immersed in the resin tank in a vacuum chamber, and the air is rapidly removed with a vacuum pump and left in place for approximately 8 hours. It is then removed from the chamber and the resin is cured.

【No.】         P-B-K5-3
【Color】      Blown
【Length】    45.5cm / 17.9inch
【Circumference】7.0cm / 2.7inch
【Weight】    72.0g
【Materials】 Made from bamboo

• Tuned to traditional do re mi
• Gohon jyoshi（the five degree）, A note
• Sound frequency: A=442hz

When playing in an ensemble, the tone should be chosen carefully. However, when playing solo, the tone is chosen more according to the mood of the piece than whether it is in tune or not.

Important:

Shipping

• Shipping fee is ＄40 for overseas, $20 for Japan up to 2kg.
• If you order in large quantities, it will cost an additional amount.
• We ship via International e-packet or EMS only.

Tax

• There is no charge for duty on all orders shipped outside Japan.
• If you have to pay customs duties in your own country, please pay at your own expense.