The rich, dark sound of the Buffet Crampon Contra Eb Alto Clarinet blends beautifully within a clarinet section. An excellent foundation for a woodwind section, the Contra Alto clarinet creates beautiful textures when mixed with bassoons and bass clarinets.This high quality clarinet is made from Grenadilla wood, undercut tone holes, power forged keywork and posts, pre-plated in copper, finished in silver. Automatic double octave keys, with high Bb key, half hole speaker vent.