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The clarinet was a major advancement on the earlier chalumeau. Most early instruments were made of boxwood, although some were made of ivory or other woods.

Ancient instruments that used a wooden reed and that were made of bone have been reported, but they didn't include the characteristics that define a clarinet - a speaker key that causes the upper (clarion) register to sound a twelfth above the lower (chalumeau) register.

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