Calypso Clarinet Bb (B Flat)

The clarinet is composed of five parts: the beak-shaped mouthpiece with a single reed, the barrel (or socket), a piece of tube that bulges like a barrel, the upper joint (left-hand joint), the lower joint (right-hand joint) and the funnel-shaped bell.

• Name: Bb Clarinet
• Spelling
  • German: Klarinette in B
  • Italian: clarinetto in si bemolle
  • French: clarinette en si bémol
• Classification: Aerophone, single-reed instrument, woodwind
• Material: Tube: Ebonite or grenadilla or metal; keywork: nickel silver, brass, silver or gold
• Mouthpiece: Beak-shaped mouthpiece made of ebonite or cocus wood with a single reed (width up to 12.5 mm, material: arundo donax)
• Tube: Mainly cylindrical, barrel-shaped bulge below the mouthpiece (barrel)
• Total length: Approx. 66 cm (clarinet in Bb), approx. 71 cm (clarinet in A)
• Bore: Medium, inner diameter approx. 12.7 mm
• Keys/tone holes: 24 tone holes; German (Oehler clarinet) or French keywork (Boehm clarinet)
• Bell: Funnel-shaped