Chalumeau

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  • n. A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
  • n. The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B♭ (B flat) above middle C.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete musical instrument, probably of the clarinet class. See shawm.
  • n. The lowest portion or register of the scale of the clarinet and of the basset-horn.
    • Word Usage
    "The scale of the original instrument is still called chalumeau by the clarinet player; about the middle of the last century it was extended down to E."
     
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