PLUM BLOSSOM

Special people the Japanese - ever since I visited Japan  in1958 I've been fascinated by their complex culture. They can be so uptight & so effusive!

CC made a wonderful instrument for our great friend Hirokatsu Takai - you can see them both in the extra...

Hiro tragically died of a heart attack on stage playing this instrument. It's incredible how news travels these days. Within hours a Japanese friend of Hiro's came ringing CC's bell to let him know what he already knew.

Total strangers hugged & cried together.

Couple of months layer CC got an order from Japan from another friend of Hiro's for a similar instrument, only he wants an image of plum blossom on the fingerboard & here it is!