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clarinet
noun
clar·i·net
ˌkler-ə-ˈnet 
ˌkla-rə-;
ˈkler-ə-nət,
ˈkla-rə-
: a single-reed woodwind instrument having a cylindrical tube with a moderately flared bell and a usual range from D below middle C upward for 3¹/₂ octaves
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What happened to Glenn Miller? Peanuts Hucko played clarinet in the Army Air Forces Band.
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Julian Ring, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
The world should know Murray is still champion of the tenor sax and bass clarinet.
—Brett Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2024
Walz’s father was the school superintendent, and Pettigrew remembers him fighting for a school bond — not an easy feat in a fiscally conservative town — to replace the 1897 schoolhouse said to be haunted by the ghost of a student who died after someone poisoned her clarinet reed.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Now serving as its co-directors, Espinoza runs his own studio and teaches jazz piano as an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute and Franklin is a composer who plays clarinet in a chamber music ensemble.
—Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
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Julian Ring, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
The world should know Murray is still champion of the tenor sax and bass clarinet.
—Brett Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2024
Walz’s father was the school superintendent, and Pettigrew remembers him fighting for a school bond — not an easy feat in a fiscally conservative town — to replace the 1897 schoolhouse said to be haunted by the ghost of a student who died after someone poisoned her clarinet reed.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Now serving as its co-directors, Espinoza runs his own studio and teaches jazz piano as an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute and Franklin is a composer who plays clarinet in a chamber music ensemble.
—Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
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clarinet
noun
clar·i·net
ˌklar-ə-ˈnet
ˈklar-ə-nət
: a woodwind musical instrument in the shape of a cylindrical tube having a single-reed mouthpiece
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