Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1253 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title E-flat clarinet Subject 422.211.2 Publisher Buffet Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 19.1 in. length Identifier 973 Source Western Europe Language EN Alternative Title clarinette Klarinette clarinetto Extent R13 Medium wood reed - cane metal spring - flat and/or needle Requires 1 Is Part Of Symphony Orchestra Concert Band and Wind Ensemble Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Europe Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Air cavity design for aerophones tubular - cylindrical with flaring open distal end Source and direction of airstream player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones exposed percussion (single) reed Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity Overblowing utilization in aerophones overblowing at every other partial Pitch production in aerophones multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing Category of Instrument aerophone --