Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1509 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title contrabass clarinet Subject 422.211.2 Publisher Selmer Vito Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 71.3 in. length Identifier 2336 Source Western Europe Language EN Coverage France Alternative Title clarinette contrebasse clarinette-pédale Kontrabassklarinette Extent L7182 Medium resin reed - cane metal keypads Requires 1 Is Part Of 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 --