Tipbook Clarinet by Hugo Pinksterboer. The Tipbook Company, 2001/2010, PB, 240 pages. A newer edition of this book in a larger format and with almost 100 additional pages. This is a "hardware" book about the instrument itself and is especially recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about or needs a reference on the physical aspects of the clarinet. This may include adult beginners, parents of clarinet students, teenage students, non-clarinetist music education majors or band directors, etc. The book is very well illustrated and includes chapters on buying a clarinet; mouthpieces, ligatures, and barrels; reeds, how clarinets are made, the brands of clarinets, steps to take before and after playing, maintenance, the family of clarinets and related woodwinds, etc. The new edition of this book includes a fingering chart. Interactive Tipcodes, audible examples of topics in the book, can be accessed at www.tipbook.com.