My clarinet`s name is Maya, and my alto sax`s name is Edgar. My first clarinet`s name was Clarissa, and when I was playing bass clarinet this past summer for a musical, I named her Helga.

I named my clarinet Peresozo (Spanish for lazy) Perry for short...

My alto clarinet is named Mamma clarinet & the E Flat soprano is Baby :D

See, I have almost the whole clarinet family, my friend has the father (ahrm, the bass clarinet) & I have the teenage (B Flat soprano), mother, & baby. :D

I also think I have too much free time, but I did find out that quite a few people in my band named their instruments as well.

so i was reading this thing that said top ten or twenty ways to tell if ur a geek or sumthing like that and one of them was if u name ur instrument, so ha, i guess we`re all geeks!!!!!!!!! my clarinets name is Tammy

My clarinet is called Squishy . . .after Squishy in Finding Nemo . . . don`t ask

I named my clarinet Sam... After the guy i like..

you compare yur clarinet to the guy you like?
im sure the clarinet comes first then hahaha

I think the hobbit names are best for clarinets! I`m a huge LOTR fan and I have named four of my clarinets even though I also consider it to be dorky! My first clarinet was a Leblanc Noblet 40 and I named that one Mithrandir. My second clarinet was a Buffet R13 and I named that one Tinuviel. My next clarinet, a matching R13 A clarinet, I named Beren. And the R13 Eb is named Elanor. But I also pull the same deal as Rachel with my clarinets getting ugly names when they are not cooperating...

Also, to whoever it was who said that the clarinet bears no resemblence to hobbits - I disagree! If you listen to the soundtrack for any of the three LOTR movies you can hear that the composer (Howard Shore) also agreed with me and used the clarinet (violin and flute) to portray the hobbit theme throughout the entire score. I think that the richness and earthiness of clarinet tone very much resembles the spirit of hobbits in general and especially the 5 "famous" ones. Also, you have a versatility that carries over as well.

I named mine Brenda!

I named my bass clarinet "Rachel Squeaky Fraisher" Rachel after my section leader, squeaky because she squeaks when she gets mad at me, and Fraisher the last name of the person I tudor on bass.

i named my clarinet cecilia...the guy i like helped me pick it out...and i named his sax silvester

I named my Clarinet Clare and my boyfriend named his Jessie after me his girlfriend

I named my clarinet Jack after Jack Brymer - RIP. But I actually would recommend not naming your clarinet since it then gets a personality and turns against you..... ie. falls apart during important solos and stuff.