American Bamboo Society
The American Bamboo Society would like to thank you for your support and participation at the 29th annual meeting held in Longwood Gardens, Kenneth Square Pennsylvania last November 2-4, 2007. This success was not possible without the tremendous coordination and cooperation of the North East Chapter of ABS. Thank you very much North East ABS members.
Bamboo Organ
The only bamboo organ in the world. This is a really unique instrument that has so much history attached to it. Constructed between 1787 and 1819, the pipes of this organ are made of bamboos.
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Great Gift Idea for your little or big musicians.
Colored Kingflutes
Kingflute Panflute
"Kingflute Panflute plays well. I highly recommend it for beginners and professionals.
Tone quality, intonation, and workmanship is excellent.
Greg White Hunt
Composer,Bamboo Musician
Bamboo Alchemy Instruments
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Natural Bamboos
Useful natural bamboo products handcrafted and made to perfection.
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Metal Bamboos
The beauty and elegance of bamboo captured on these "Kawayan collections."
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What is Bamboo?
Bamboo belongs to the family of grasses. Most Bamboos are treelike and shrubby grasses with woody stems.
You can find Bamboos in tropical and subtropical to mild temperate regions, the largest concentrations of Bamboos and Bamboo species are in Southeast Asia and on islands of Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Presently there are 115 Bamboo genera and 1020 to 1070 species all over the world. The body of Bamboo is called “culms” they are mostly hollow but some are not. The rhizomes serves as the roots of Bamboos. There are Bamboo rhizomes that have clump formations and there are running rhizomes.
In simple terms clump forming rhizomes starts in one spot then grows outward in circle like formations of Bamboos. The running rhizomes starts in one spot then extends horizontally, along that horizontal rhizomes Bamboo shoots will come out and form lines of Bamboos.
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