I think something needs a bit of clearing up here:
There is a mighty difference between "crunching numbers" to achieve a
given result, i.e., making a shakuhachi which is the equal of Peter's
Gesshu 1.8...
and
Making a high-falutin casting of Peter's Gesshu 1.8--an instrument
which was indeed not made by crunching numbers, but by a combination
of much experience, discernment, playing ability and luck. Numbers
may apply, but only after the fact, and it'd be bloody hard to find
all the relevant numbers down to just a few degrees of freedom.
To be sure, Nelson's mathematical treatments of the shakuhachi realm
seem both sensible and rigorous. But by using them he ain't gonna
arrive at no Gesshu 1.8, reasonable as the math may be. It's just
some decent arguments about how the envelop behaves. On paper.
eB
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