Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1528 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title bass clarinet Subject 422.211.2 Publisher Buffet Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 37.4 in. length Identifier 2715 Language EN Alternative Title clarinette basse Bass Klarinette clarinetto basso Extent Prestige 400 Medium wood 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 --