Bass Clarinet: Brief Description — Vienna Symphony Library
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“Classification
Aerophone, single-reed instrument, woodwind
Material
Tube: wood (rosewood, grenadilla) or silver-plated metal; keywork: nickel silver, silver; bell: brass
Mouthpiece
Beak-shaped mouthpiece with a single reed, larger than the clarinet’s
Tube
Mainly cylindrical, crook between the mouthpiece and the body; angled bell
Total length
Approx. 132 cm
Bore
Medium, inner diameter roughly twice as large as the clarinet’s
Keys/tone holes
Boehm or Oehler mechanism (as on the clarinet)
Bell
Funnel-shaped, angled upward; rim diameter 13 cm
Spike
For resting the instrument on the floor
Tuning
In Bb”