All flutes are made to order from customer specifications. Use the Shaksampler to get an idea of the style of shak-making the Melbourne Shakuhachi Centre specialises in. There are no discount student flutes. All of our flutes are beautifully finished and perform to a full professional concert standard.
Prices vary considering sizes, packaging options, cost of materials and freight.
The most expensive but traditional building material of shakuhachis is Bamboo. Specially dried and cured sections of bamboo are painstakingly prepared over the course of many months before even being considered for the construction of a flute. The spacing of the bamboo sections, the aesthetic curvature and the potential of the flute's bore are all considered carefully before selection. Due to these reasons the costs of bamboo flutes can vary enormously. The grain and density of each wood differs from close-grained to extremely dense.