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What is a chalumeau?

What is a chalumeau? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
  2. The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B♭ (B flat) above middle C.
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Early clarinets did not play well in the lower register, so chalumeaus continued to be made to play the low notes and these notes became known as the chalumeau register.
The chalumeau instrument was designed to have a good chalumeau register with an almost nonexistent clarinet register.
Some of the solos are scored primarily in the chalumeau register, with only brief extensions in the clarion register.
Madame chalumeau flopped her omelet again, slid it to a platter and set a carafe of cider on the table.
Madame chalumeau had risen, and had led her guest through the sitting-room into her immaculate kitchen.
The limitation to the chalumeau register has been made at the specific request of a clarinet teacher.

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