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| As a member of the woodwind, family the clarinet
was invented in 1700 by the German flute maker Johann Christopher Denner
as a modification to a folk reed pipe. In 1860 there were two
complex system of key system, the Boehm system, and the narrower-bore
system. The Boehm system was invented in 1844 the French builder
Auguste Buffet, and is used in most countries. The narrower-bore
system was invented in1860 Belgian maker Eugene Albert, and is a darker
sounding system. The modern clarinet is made of ebony. Clarinets have a
mouthpiece, a slim body, and twenty side holes. Some famous Clarinet
composers include George Frideric Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. |
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