The clarinet is part of the woodwind section and has a single reed mouthpiece. A person who plays any type of clarinet is called a clarinettist. The word clarinet entered the English language from the French version clarinette. Clarinets have the largest pitch range of common woodwinds.

Clarinet bodies have been made from a variety of materials including wood, plastic, hard rubber, metal, resin, and ivory. The vast majority of clarinets used by professional musicians are made from African hardwood, mpingo (African Blackwood) or granadilla, rarely (because of diminishing supplies) Honduran rosewood and sometimes even cocobolo. Historically other woods, notably boxwood, were used.

This is the construction of a clarinet.

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