At 11:01 PM 12/29/00 -0800, Monty H. Levenson wrote:
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>My own research has concluded that this aspect of the shakuhachi bore is
>by-and-large irrelevant and far overshadowed by the crucial dimension of
>bore profile measured along the length of the instrument. You can make an
>fine playing shakuhachi no matter the shape of its cross sectional diameter.
>
>Monty
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When one considers that organ pipes are often SQUARE, the fact that
cross-sectional area is more important than shape becomes obvious.
Brian
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