What musical era was the clarinet originated in?

Question

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Answer 1

The clarinet developed from a Baroque instrument called the chalumeau. This instrument was similar to a recorder,but with a single reed mouthpiece similar to that of the modern clarinet and a cylindrical bore. Lacking a register key, it was played only in its fundamental register, so it had a limited range of about one and a half octaves. It had eight finger holes, like a recorder, plus two keys for extra notes.

Around the end of the 17th century the chamlumeau was modified by converting one of its keys into a register key and produced the first clarinet.

Answer 2

Late Baroque :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinet