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This Instructable shows how to make a mouthpiece and reed for a toy wind instrument. https://www.instructables.com/Tiny-Tootophone/ (Warning: The article starts with a closeup profile of a middle-aged man's mouth and chin, with a raggedy unkempt mustache and beard that some viewers may find disturbing
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I would like to create the side view of the cut cylinder in Mathematica, and then print out the developed version on to some stiff card or onto transparency paper, which I would then roll into a mountpiece that has the right cut. How would one go about this?
Also, the reed itself should ideally be cut so that its outline matches the cylinder's cut edge when pressed over it. I could just trace it physically and then cut it, but it would be nicer to have Mathematica do it.
So given a function (or table) of the cut profile, how can I generate the shapes for cutting the cylinder sheet and the reed?
I would like to create the side view of the cut cylinder in Mathematica, and then print out the developed version on to some stiff card or onto transparency paper, which I would then roll into a mountpiece that has the right cut. How would one go about this?
Also, the reed itself should ideally be cut so that its outline matches the cylinder's cut edge when pressed over it. I could just trace it physically and then cut it, but it would be nicer to have Mathematica do it.
So given a function (or table) of the cut profile, how can I generate the shapes for cutting the cylinder sheet and the reed?
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