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....:=:†¤£ the clarinet  is  a darkish tube  with a £¤†:=:....
.....:=:†¤ blow hole and a music hole,  in separate ¤†:=:.....
......:=:† ends.  on  it's  side  are  levers   and †:=:......
.......:=: buttons to guide its unfathomable power. :=:.......
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.........: it was  designed  for  humans but can be :.........
.......... used   by   any   being   with   blowing ..........
.......... capabilities  and at least some fingers. ..........
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.......... the  clarinet  can  be  thought  of as a ..........
.......... pasttime  or  a  tool,  but  also  as  a ..........
.......... weapon.  as  such it  has  been used  in ..........
.......... many  campaigns,  but  at  the  time  of ..........
.........: writing  it  has  been  lost   for  over :.........
........:=               fourty years               =:........
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