It works, K! Mixing it up with new instrumentation is DEFINATELY a plus! Reels & strathspeys on a clarinet instead of say, a tin whistle or fiddle, is a delightful surprise, and a change from the norm (not that anything's WRONG with the norm!) Clarinets have that neat fluid sound...I know lots of traditional tunes that would sound EXCELLENT in such an arrangement!

--Mbo