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The invention of the clarinet
A clarinet with a flared bell, like the modern clarinet, may have been made by
Denner's son. Parts scored for clarinet were soon found in the music of notable
eighteenth century composers, including Handel, Gluick, and Telemann. The early
clarinets were usually made of boxwood or occasionally plum or pear wood. Rarely,
they were made of ivory, and some used a mouthpiece of ebony.
After having experimented with chalumeaus for a long time, the instrument maker
C. H. Denner of Nuremberg, Germany, finally managed to build an instrument, that
would not only play the lower register but also the upper one, without sacrificing to
much of intonation (that is correctnes of the tone frequency). In order to do this he
added two additional holes close to the duodecime key. The remaining problems
with intonation the player had to correct with his embouchure.
Oldest description of clarinet, 1740