Paperclip clarinets
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* [http://kunst.no/lerstad/ Terje Lerstad's web site], | * [http://kunst.no/lerstad/ Terje Lerstad's web site], | ||
** In the midst of [http://kunst.no/lerstad/octos.html a bunch of pictures] of octocontra-alto and octocontrabass clarinets (all, of course, in paperclip form), a 1940 [http://kunst.no/lerstad/LeblancMetal1940.gif picture] of six [[Metal Clarinets|all-metal]] harmony clarinets, several of which are in paperclip form, including what may well be the only paperclip bass ever made (second from right); and a [http://kunst.no/lerstad/leblanc.jpg Leblanc clarinet family portrait] that includes several paperclip instruments. | ** In the midst of [http://kunst.no/lerstad/octos.html a bunch of pictures] of octocontra-alto and octocontrabass clarinets (all, of course, in paperclip form), a 1940 [http://kunst.no/lerstad/LeblancMetal1940.gif picture] of six [[Metal Clarinets|all-metal]] harmony clarinets, several of which are in paperclip form, including what may well be the only paperclip bass ever made (second from right); and a [http://kunst.no/lerstad/leblanc.jpg Leblanc clarinet family portrait] that includes several paperclip instruments. | ||
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Current revision as of 17:45, 14 September 2006
Members of the low end of the clarinet family are sometimes made of metal; sometimes these instruments are made in a configuration that loops around in a paperclip-like shape, ending with a bell emerging at the top. The paperclip format makes for a much shorter instrument, which is especially advantageous for the contrabass clarinet, and even more so for the octocontra-alto and octocontrabass clarinets, the few specimens of which are exclusively in paperclip form.
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- Terje Lerstad's web site,
- In the midst of a bunch of pictures of octocontra-alto and octocontrabass clarinets (all, of course, in paperclip form), a 1940 picture of six all-metal harmony clarinets, several of which are in paperclip form, including what may well be the only paperclip bass ever made (second from right); and a Leblanc clarinet family portrait that includes several paperclip instruments.
