Mouthpiece (woodwind)
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The mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument is that part of the instrument which is placed partly in the player's mouth. Single-reed instruments, capped double-reed instruments, and fipple flutes have mou
Soprano saxophone mouthpiece
A clarinet mouthpiece set up to play with the reed held in place with the ligature
The interior chamber of a clarinet mouthpiece showing the straight side walls
Pirouette from a ciaramella
Rackett
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The rackett, raggett, cervelas, or sausage bassoon is a Renaissance-era double reed wind instrument, introduced late in the sixteenth century and already superseded by bassoons at the end of the seven
Mouthpiece (woodwind)
…the air column. A pirouette is a wooden mouthpiece assembly or lip rest used in some European double-reed instruments, including the piffero, shawm and rackett. In band shawms, it is carried on the staple on which the reed is mounted On the European shawm, the pirouette replaces the loose disc of the oriental…
Baroque rackett: outside (left) and inside (right)
Reproduction of a Baroque rackett, manufactured by Moeck Musikinstrumente + Verlag