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From: jplummer@umich.edu (Jon Robertson Plummer)
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Subject: Line: Trombone
Date: 16 Oct 1994 17:05:16 -0500
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Someone recently requested a trombone, and they had this:
 ____/|
(____\|______

It didn't take me long to realize how difficult constructing a trombone 
might be.  To wit:
           ,
  _ ____--'|
 /-|----__ |
|' O      \|
 `=|==================.
        D============='

Obviously, it would be more useful to take another tack altogether.
So I tried this:

                                               a
                                              dH 
                                           .adHH
                                     _.aoAHHHHHH
                            ___.aonJHHHHHHHHHHHH
            _____.aonJHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
       aJHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
     dHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
   dHHHP~  H      ~~~~"""""YHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
  dHHP'    H                  ~~~~""""YHHHHHHHHH
 .lHP      H                            `~""YHHH
 dHY      dHb                                "YH  
 HHH     (HHH)                                 Y
 YHH      YHP
 `HHb      H
  `HHb     H
   `YHBb.  H
     `YHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb
       `"YHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHb
                           H    H                                         YHH
                   db.     H    H                                         dHH
                   HHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHP
                   HHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHP
                   YP~

Well, at least the top curve of the bell looks good.
 
Help?