Clarinette d'amour

Clarinette d'amour (Fr.) (It.: clarinetto d'amore), a large clarinet made with either straight or angular body of comparatively small bore, ending in an amore, or bulb-shaped, bell and sometimes provided with a curved metal crook to carry the mouthpiece. Generally it is pitched in G, but occasionally in A♭ or F, a 4th, 3rd, or 5th, respectively, below the ordinary clarinet. It appeared in continental Europe in the late 18th c. and was made from then until about 1820. As there is no literature…