Multireedist

Multi-reedist's instrument inventory: (left to right)

front: Tenor saxophone / Flute / Alto saxophone / Baritone saxophone

rear: Bass clarinet / Soprano saxophone / Alto clarinet / Oboe / English horn (Cor anglais)

A multireedist is a musician capable of performing on more than one reed instrument. Many reed instruments are similar enough that if a musician plays one, they are expected to be able to play the other. Examples of this are the oboe and English horn or the clarinet and saxophone. Multireedists are valued more highly than their single instrument counterparts. In many Broadway musicals, reed or wind parts require the performing musician to play multiple instruments during the course of the work.

Clarinet

Clarinet family	A♭ clarinet E♭ clarinet Soprano clarinet Saxonette Quarter tone clarinet Basset clarinet Clarinette d'amour Basset horn Alto clarinet Bass clarinet Contrabass clarinets

Fingering systems	Albert Boehm Mazzeo Müller Öhler

Clarinet makers	Amati-Denak E. K. Blessing Buffet Crampon Johann Christoph Denner Benedikt Eppelsheim Stephen Fox Heinrich Grenser Howarth of London Jupiter Band Instruments Leblanc Iwan Müller Adolphe Sax Selmer Yamaha Corporation

Related	Clarinet choir Clarinet concerto Clarinet sonata Clarinet quintet Clarinet-violin-piano trio Clarinet-viola-piano trio

Types of saxophones

†Soprillo saxophone Sopranino saxophone C soprano saxophone Soprano saxophone Mezzo-soprano saxophone Alto saxophone C melody saxophone Tenor saxophone Baritone saxophone Bass saxophone Contrabass saxophone ‡Subcontrabass saxophone

† not designed by Adolphe Sax ‡ proposed by Adolphe Sax

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