I’ve got a historical clarinet joke. Actually I’ve got a cupboard full of them ... yes actually they are all different, ... ah no, none of them are quite the right thing for that piece.

No, a chalumeau joke is a different thing altogether.

Do you mean a basset horn joke or a basset clarinet joke?

Yes I suppose is does sound quite like a modern clarinet joke... I mean, not to me, but...

They may look a bit similar, but a recorder joke would be a very different thing

Actually we call it a classical clarinet joke. Baroque clarinet jokes don’t get told very often.