The clarinet
Subtitle: some notes upon its history and construction
Edition: 2d rev. ed.
Series: Instruments of the orchestra
Publisher: Ernest Benn
Published: 1957
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Clarinet; Construction; History; Clarinet music; Bibliography
Notes: "A list of makers": p. 173-174.

"A list of music": p. 163-169.

Bibliography: p. 169-171.
Table of contents: title: 1. Preliminaries. Nomenclature. The family of clarients; title: 2. Components of the Clarient. Materials; Wood, metal, ebonite; title: 3. The mechanism; open and closed keys. Methods of construction and mounting. Pads and Springs; title: 4. Practical acoustics. Tone; compass; registers. The Tonal spectrum of registers. Characteristics of the clarinet. Vibrato; title: 5. The bore; tone-holes; influence of materials on tone. Problems of pitch and intonation; title: 6. Cane; Reeds; mouthpiece; title: 7. History to 1800; title: 8. History from 1800; title: 9. The Clarinet, a transposing instrument. The high pitched clarinets and clarinette d amour; title: 10. The basset horn and tenor clarinets; title: 11. The bass clarinet; title: 12. The contrabass clarinet.x