Sopranino clarinet

Sopranino clarinet clarinet pitched between the ordinary C clarinet and the *piccolo clarinet in high A♭. It may be pitched in D, E♭, E, F or G, one tone to a 5th above the C clarinet. Those in E and G, mentioned by 18th-c. writers, are now obs. That in F was formerly used in Ger. military bands and in England, where it is now replaced by that in E♭. The sopranino in D was in use in 18th- and 19th-c. orchestras. See also: quartino (89 Rendall). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th…