What you said about string compositions being in D rang true.

Just my two cents: the preference for certain keys in the baroque time was less related to "difficulty in execution" than to practical problems with tuning and temperament, especially because technically string instruments can play easily in all keys

I wish Bass Clarinets were cheaper.

What about the Piccolo Clarinet in Ab? Is this a novelty instrument, or was it created with a purpose?

It also is true scaling up or down clarinets is quite easy - Their cylindrical bore makes them easier to make whether the size.

So professional and well explained ! 😄👍

Ooooo, I'm jealous of your clarinet collection!

The bass clarinet is very fun to play In my opinion

One of the joys and frustrations of playing the recorder is having to acquire and learn all the different sizes and transpositions. I have bass through sopranino, but there's also garklein, greatbass, contrabass and subcontrabass out there somewhere. The giant ones get expensive and hard to find, and there's not a lot of call for them outside a full recorder orchestra. And the garklein is hilarious.

Beard looks good man!

The Bb Clarinet and the A Clarinet sit on opposite sides of the Circle of Fifths, even though they're only a semitone's difference that's 5 accidentials to play. Despite modern chromatic lockwork, that's a huge difference in playing. You can make it work with just the Bb instrument, but it's a challenge.

I play the B flat clarinet

What about the basset clarinet (different from a basset horn)?

Did anyone wonder why the Bb clarinet was different at the top--not realizing that the mouthpiece was missing? I noticed the G clarinet had the Albert (or similar) fingering system as opposed to the Boehm on all the others. I recently bought a Bb clarinet having the Albert system--some notes, of course, are fingered differently from the Boehm system, but most are the same.

What about the Piccolo Clarinet?

Does the same concert pitch sound different on the A, Bb, C, D and Eb clarinets?

I want them all

I wish there this many different oboes

i play e flat and bass

Has their ever been a b clarinet? If so how come there is a, b flat, and c clarinets but no b natural clarinets?