The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.
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).
The clarinet family is a woodwind instrument family of various sizes and types of clarinets, including the common soprano clarinet in B♭ and A, bass clarinet, and sopranino E♭ clarinet.
Clarinet
…the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodwind family, ranging from the BB♭ contrabass to the A♭ piccolo. The B♭ soprano clarinet is the most common type, and is the instrument…
A group of different clarinets. In order from left to right: bass clarinet, E♭ alto clarinet, soprano clarinets in C, B♭, A, E♭, and D, and clarinets in high and low G.
Different instruments of the clarinet family (German system) played by Tribal Clarinet Trio. Left to right: deep G clarinet (Theo Jörgensmann), contrabass clarinet (Ernst Ulrich Deuker), basset horn (Etienne Rolin).
The deepest tones (sounding) of all members of the clarinet family.
Clarinets in A♭, E♭, and B♭, basset clarinet in A, alto clarinet, basset horn, two bass clarinets (ranging to low E♭ and low C), contra alto clarinet, and contrabass clarinet.