SIDE BLOWN FLUTE - Oriental (minor pentatonic) | Bamboo Body - Exotic Scale

My 21 1/2 inch side-blown Oriental flute is inspired by the end blown Japanese Shakuhachi - a deep, rich, enchanting, meditative flute with a pentatonic scale.I am offering my side-blown Oriental flute in 3 different tunings!Tuned to itself: This flute is great to play by yourself or with a rhythm Concert tuned in Eb: Great for playing with other musicians or playing along songs in the key of EbConcert tuned in D: Also great for playing with other musicians or playing along songs in the key of D In Japan the Shakuhachi was played by the Samurai who could no longer carry their swords by government decree. So they made the flute out of the root stock of bamboo and thus could also use it for protection. My Oriental Flute is made from ancient bamboos originally from China that found their way to Japan. After centuries in Japan the bamboo came over to the US in the 1880's, settling into Florida into the hands or the earliest horticultural pioneers. I stumbled onto this bamboo in 1973 and