Gyokusui Kono 1.8

This is the finest Kono I’ve ever played / owned. I purchased it from Stan Richardson, who had used it as his primary for decades, and was used in the recording of his CD’s – two of the many tracks include: Tsuru no Sugomori and Murasaki Reibo.
I had been listening to those CD”s for many years and always loved the tone. I just happened upon his site one day and noticed he was selling it. What else what I to do?? Leaner times prompted the sale of this flute a few years back… was sad to see it go.