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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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We still refer to the lowest register of the clarinet as the chalumeau register.
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 Adagio is in A-flat, dipping into the clarinet's low, chalumeau register and the through leaps and runs which it shares with the flute and bassoon.
Madame chalumeau flopped her omelet again, slid it to a platter and set a carafe of cider on the table.
The chalumeau instrument was designed to have a good chalumeau register with an almost nonexistent clarinet register.
The effect of volume on timbre is most pronounced in the chalumeau register.

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