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clarinet

vr.tr.clarinet · thing-q8343

Let an agent describe clarinets, their family, construction and history, from organological sources, without endorsing brands.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.OBJ
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Instrument Which clarinet.

Member

Size and key.

Member

Name and key.

  1. Which clarinet? provenance
  2. In which key? provenance

System

Key system.

Key system

Name.

  1. Boehm or Oehler system? boundary
  2. Per which source? provenance
Construction Materials.

Body

Material.

Body

Material.

  1. Which material? provenance
  2. Per the maker? provenance

Mouthpiece and reed

Sound source.

Mouthpiece

Type.

  1. Which mouthpiece and reed? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance
Music Range and use.

Range

Notes.

Range

Written and sounding.

  1. What range? measurement
  2. Transposing how? provenance

Repertoire

Music.

Repertoire

Works.

  1. Which notable works? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance
History Development.

Origin

Denner.

Origin

Maker and date.

  1. Who developed it? provenance
  2. When? provenance

Collections

Museums.

Collection

Museum.

  1. Which museums hold historical examples? provenance
  2. Which MIMO record? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
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Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
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Plane
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Domain
PHY.OBJ
Other names and narrower kinds
Historical clarinets and replicas, contrabass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, alto clarinet, basset clarinet, basset horn, bass clarinet, A♭ clarinet, octocontrabass clarinet, octocontra-alto clarinet, metal clarinet, Selmer 10S

What it is Filled

A woodwind instrument with a single reed on a mouthpiece and a mostly cylindrical bore, which overblows at the twelfth; the clarinet family ranges from small high clarinets (E-flat) through the common B-flat and A clarinets to bass, contra-alto and contrabass clarinets, and the related basset horn.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe clarinets, their family, construction and history, from organological sources, without endorsing brands.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Overblows at the twelfth because the cylindrical bore acts as a closed pipe.
  • Developed from the chalumeau around 1700, usually credited to Johann Christoph Denner.
  • Boehm and Oehler key systems are the main modern systems.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • endorse brands

May

  • describe instruments

Moral aspects Filled

  • sustainable sourcing of African blackwood

Who is affected

  • musicians
  • forests

Owners Filled

Steward

nobody; an instrument type

Master systems

  • MIMO

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q217306 - registry parent class
  • Q55738872 - registry parent class

related

  • woodwind instrument - instrument
  • single-reed aerophone (H-S 422.2) - classification
  • chalumeau - ancestor
  • saxophone - single-reed instrument

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.clarinet
  • Wikidata: Q8343 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8343)
  • Hornbostel-Sachs: 422.211.2 individual single-reed pipe with cylindrical bore and fingerholes

Direct properties required Filled

  • written range of B-flat clarinet: about E3 to C7 (middle C = C4) - sounds a major second lower; the top depends on player

Recognition required Filled

  • Single-reed instrument with cylindrical body and many keys
  • Usually a black or dark tube with metal keys, a bell and a mouthpiece with a single reed; historical boxwood, metal and synthetic bodies also occur, and larger members are curved.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe the family and ranges
  • explain construction and key systems
  • explain history
  • explain transposition

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Cracked wooden bodies from temperature changes
  • Hygiene of shared mouthpieces

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification (MIMO revision 2011), an organological classification

Context of use required Filled

  • Making music.
  • E-flat clarinet
  • B-flat clarinet
  • A clarinet
  • basset clarinet
  • basset horn
  • alto clarinet
  • bass clarinet
  • contra-alto and contrabass clarinets
  • historical clarinets

Sources Filled

  1. Q8343 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Clarinet - general description of the subject
  3. Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium - Exact scope of 422.2, 422.211 and 422.211.2; distinction from saxophones and sets of reedpipes.
  4. Clarinet Acoustics: An Introduction - Single-reed operation, approximately cylindrical bore, twelfth overblowing, registers and B-flat transposition.
  5. Development of the Clarinet - Chalumeau ancestry, Denner attribution, historical construction and modern key-system development.
  6. Clarinet - Early surviving Jacob Denner clarinet, boxwood construction and uncertainty surrounding the inventor attribution.
  7. MIR482: Metal Bass Clarinet in B-flat - Historical metal construction, bass-clarinet form and classification 422.211.2.

Open questions

  • The registry merges historical clarinets and replicas; they can be linked as kinds.

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8343/spec.json