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ELI5: Why are instruments chambered to different keys? For instance, a clarinet is chambered Bb, whereas a flute is C, or concert pitch.
gpt
This is interesting and complicated, and involves a lot of history for each of the instruments. Here are some simple explanations for why you see this today.

\- Historically, instruments such as the clarinet did not have as much sophistication in their design, and were not able to play as wide a range of notes. Instruments had to be tuned to a small set of keys, and and you would select the one you needed for a given piece of music. Think of a "C" vs "B" penny-whistle.

\- Different instruments of the same family (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone) have different ranges - higher vs lower. But those differences aren't exactly 1 octave apart, often they are less than that, so they will all be tuned differently in order to accomodate. It is convenient, then for a given note ("C") to be played with the same hand position on each instrument, even though the pitch that is emitted is different. That way wind players don't have to learn new fingerings for every version of that instrument.