Clarinets

The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.

bass member of the clarinet family

alto member of the clarinet family with extended lower range

an alto member of the clarinet family that is associated with Western art music and is normally pitched in E♭

sopranino member of the clarinet family

The xaphoon ( ) is a chromatic keyless single-reed woodwind instrument invented in 1972, and a registered trademark of its inventor, Brian Lee Wittman. It has a closed cylindrical bore and a very slightly flared bell. The xaphoon has a full chromatic range of two octaves, and overblows at the twelfth like the clarinet. thumb|right|upright=0.8|A B♭ Xaphoon from Maui

a clarinet similar to the soprano clarinet but with an extended lower range

musical instrument in clarinet family

contrabass member of the clarinet family

thumb|right|The pku. The pku, alternatively spelled pzuk,(in Armenian “Պկու”) is an Armenian musical instrument, similar to a clarinet. It has been called the national instrument of Armenia. The pku is a single-reed aerophone with seven holes and a one octave range with the open cone of a bull horn at one end.

high-pitched member of the clarinet family

thumb key on a clarinet to raise the pitch a twelfth into the high register

bass-contrabass member of the clarinet family

system of clarinet keywork

A Liebesfuss or Liebesfuß (; ; ) is a pear- or bulb-shaped element that narrows to a small opening on double reed instruments, such as the oboe d'amore, cor anglais, and heckelphone, as well as on some single-reed instruments, such as the clarinet d'amore. It serves as a damper that gives these musical instruments a characteristically soft timbre. It is the eponymous characteristic of the oboe d'amore, which was developed in the baroque period alongside other particularly sweet-sounding instruments, such as the viola d'amore and the clarinet d'amore, which originated around 1740, but died out