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bass clarinet

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In clarinet
Bass clarinets in B♭ were at first built experimentally but after 1810 were built in many designs. The modern version, with twice-curved crook, was influenced by the 1838 design of the Belgian instrument-maker Adolphe Sax, to which the upturned bell was later added. Contrabass clarinets…
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In wind instrument: The Romantic period
…bright, strident effects, and the bass clarinet added a mysterious piquancy as an extension of the dark and colourful chalumeau register. The contrabassoon gained importance as the most effective wind double bass and the lowest instrument of the orchestra.
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