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Shakuhachi — Engineering Documentation for the Japanese End-Blown Bamboo Flute

Status: concept packet

- Date: 2026-05-07 - Repo: `tonykoop/shakuhachi` - Source workbook (this repo): [`shakuhachi-design-table.xlsx`](shakuhachi-design-table.xlsx) — sheet `Shakuhachi`, 11-key parametric family from C4 (#40) through B4 (#50) plus higher. - Sister design table referenced for cross-validation: `Musical Instruments V2.xlsx` → sheet `Shakuhachi`. - Sister repos: [`flutes`](https://github.com/tonykoop/flutes) (NAF; K2 reference — see "Empirical-correction guard" below), [`fujara`](https://github.com/tonykoop/fujara) (closest open-pipe wood neighbor), [`transverse-flute`](https://github.com/tonykoop/transverse-flute) (slip-cast open-pipe — packet template).

Run it — Wolfram CloudInteractive acoustic model

Live interactive acoustic model (Wolfram Cloud, Public-Execute). Drag the sliders; every value is computed from estimate placeholders — pending measurement, not fabrication authority.

Concept images

shakuhachi — hero-render.png
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shakuhachi — family-group.png
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shakuhachi — utaguchi-bevel.png
utaguchi-bevel.png

Concept renders — not fabrication authority.

Build packet