Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1797
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	Classical clarinet
Subject
	422.211.2
Publisher
	made in Dresden, Germany
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Date
	early 19th century
Type
	European
Format
	26 in. length (B-flat clarinet)
27.2 in. length (A clarinet)

Identifier
	6079
Source
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Alternative Title
	clarinette
	Klarinette
	clarinetto
Medium
	wood
	reed - cane
	metal
	keypads
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Vetter collection
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

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