# Modern Konghou Family Packet Generated: 2026-05-11 Primary issue: Source migration context: Status: L2 V5 build-packet candidate Fabrication authority: none yet. The current DXF and OpenSCAD files are source-only scaffolds for mule review and load-path planning. They are not L3 build-ready authority until measured string data, reviewed CAD/DXF, supplier hardware ratings, and proof-load results are recorded. ## Quick Start 1. Read `design.md`. 2. Build only `KGH-MULE-01`, the single-row structural mule. 3. Run the proof-load checks in `validation.csv`. 4. Update `string-schedule.csv` with measured speaking lengths, real string data, and measured tension. 5. Promote to `KGH-PAIR-01` only after every mule gate passes. ## Cultural And Public Readiness This packet is a modern, paired-course konghou-inspired engineering prototype. It is not a culturally authoritative konghou, not a historical reconstruction, and not a fabrication-authoritative package. See `cultural-provenance.md` for the authority statement, source gaps, and cultural-review gate, and `public-readiness.md` for the binding readiness ladder, gate ledger, and the polish-claim block list that every future PR and any public copy must respect. ## Readiness This is an L2 prototype packet. It is a canonical repo starting point for the modern konghou family, but it is not a build-ready final double-row instrument plan. Dimensions are scaffold envelopes and gate definitions until confirmed by measured drawings, CAD, real strings, and proof-load testing. `public-readiness.md` is the single source of truth if any other file in this repo disagrees about readiness level. ## File Map | File | Purpose | | --- | --- | | `design.md` | Family intent, staged build path, assumptions, and promotion rules. | | `family-spec.csv` | Mule and paired-course family rows with explicit readiness. | | `string-schedule.csv` | Starting target schedule with measured-data columns left for the build log. | | `bom.csv` | Prototype materials and tooling. | | `cut-list.csv` | Mule-first stock envelopes and deferred final parts. | | `validation.csv` | Pass/fail proof-load and measured-update gates. | | `validation-loop.csv` | V5 validation loop tying tension, material, CAD, and proof-load evidence to promotion gates. | | `tension-study.csv` | Per-string tension and frame-load ledger; all calculated fields stay blocked until supplier or measured unit weights exist. | | `frame-load-ledger.csv` | Frame, bridge, soundboard, pin, and anchor load ledger for proof-load review. | | `frame-string-scaling.csv` | Mule-to-paired-course scaling gates for string load, scale fan, row spacing, frame section, soundboard transfer, and visual authority. | | `proof-load-coupon-plan.md` | Coupon test plan that blocks paired-course scaling until executed. | | `frame-string-evidence-register.csv` | Evidence register linking proof-load and scaling gates for the mule-to-family path. | | `material-study.csv` | Candidate material study for frame, soundboard, pins, strings, bridge, and finish. | | `assembly-manual.md` | Shop sequence for the mule and promotion review. | | `drawing-brief.md` | Required CAD/DXF views and fabrication authority rules. | | `visual-output-register.csv` | V5 authority register separating CAD/DXF review artifacts from concept visuals. | | `visual-bom-brief.md` | Concept-image guidance that keeps generated images out of fabrication authority. | | `photo-shotlist.md` | Prototype photo requirements and caption rules for future public build-log polish. | | `cad/konghou-mule-load-path.scad` | Source-only OpenSCAD scaffold for reviewing mule load-path geometry. | | `cad/mcp-session-log.md` | V5 provenance log for CAD/creative-tool artifacts and authority status. | | `risks.md` | Red-team risks and mitigations for load, fabrication, and evidence quality. | | `cultural-provenance.md` | Authority statement, source gaps, and cultural-review gate; engineering prototype scope only. | | `public-readiness.md` | Binding readiness ladder, gate ledger, and polish-claim block list; single source of truth for readiness level. | | `supplier-rfq.md` | Draft sourcing note for strings, pins, frame stock, and measurement tools. | | `konghou-starter.wl` | Mersenne-Taylor tension starter for replacing guesses with measured string data. | | `capstone-deck.md` | Review-deck outline for the mule-first promotion decision. | | `print-packet.md` / `print-packet.html` | Lightweight printable packet index. | | `explorer.html` | Studio explorer that gathers packet evidence and release blockers. | | `capstone-manifest.json` | Machine-readable artifact map and readiness flags. | | `drawings/konghou-single-row-mule-layout.dxf` | DXF layout sketch for mule review, marked review scaffold only. | ## Promotion Rule The modern double-row identity is preserved as the family goal, but the paired-course build remains blocked until `KGH-MULE-01` passes the proof-load sequence and the measured string/tension data replaces scaffold assumptions. This packet should route here again for future konghou work because it now gives the repo a canonical place to keep those gates instead of burying them in sprint notes. ## V5 Promotion Blockers - Replace scaffold string data with supplier-backed or measured unit weights in `tension-study.csv`. - Review or regenerate CAD/DXF from measured dimensions before any fabrication claim. - Use `frame-string-scaling.csv` before promoting `KGH-PAIR-01`; every scaling row is blocked until measured mule, supplier, CAD, or proof-load evidence replaces the current scaffold basis. - Update `proof-load-coupon-plan.md` and `frame-string-evidence-register.csv` together so no row remains blocked by unresolved hardware or proof-load evidence. - Record MCP or external creative-tool provenance for every generated or modified artifact in `cad/mcp-session-log.md`. - Keep concept images and visual BOM plates marked `concept_only`; do not trace them into cut files. - Run the Wolfram starter only when `wolframscript`, Wolfram Desktop, or Wolfram Cloud is actually available, then commit the command, date, and outputs before claiming runtime validation.