The alto clarinet is a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family. It is a transposing instrument pitched in the key of E♭, though instruments in F have been made. In size it lies between the soprano
Alto clarinet BC to low Eb (Boehm system) and Dietz to low C (German system)
The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.
Alto clarinet
…and Dietz to low C (German system) Classification Wind Woodwind Single-reed Playing range Written: E♭3 to G6 Sounding: G♭2 to B♭5 Related instruments Clarinet Clarinet d'amore Basset horn Bass clarinet Contra-alto clarinet The alto clarinet is a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family. It is a transposing…
Two-key clarinet with fingering chart, from Museum musicum theoreticalo practicum, 1732
Sketch of the basset clarinet used by Anton Stadler since 1789 and a replica
Tone holes - countersunk and straight
Early Clarinet with 4 keys (c. 1760).