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#...#....#             ††† clarinet †††             ..#.##....
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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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