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chalumeau

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chalumeau /ˈʃalʊməʊ/

▶noun (pl. chalumeaux pronunc. same)

1 a reed instrument of the early 18th century from which the clarinet was developed.

2 (also chalumeau register) the lowest octave of the clarinet's range.

– origin C18: from Fr., from L. calamellus ‘little reed’.

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