Remarks on Certain Peculiarities in Instruments of the Clarinet Family, Together with an Account of Mr. Wm. Rowlett's Experiments with Clarinets Having a Bassoon Reed Instead of Their Own

Abstract

During my residence in Leicester, some years ago, I was connected with a most interesting little body of amateur wind-instrument players. Our band consisted of flute, oboe, clarinet, corno di bassetto, and bassoon; the pianoforte being called in to do duty as “strings,” and this fell to my share.