Stephen Fox (clarinet maker)

Stephen Fox is a British clarinetist, saxophonist and clarinet maker, based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.

He began a career in instrument repair in 1985 and started making clarinets in 1990.

In addition he makes tárogatós, and is one of only a handful of makers of reproduction historical clarinets in the world.

Fox clarinets are played by Toronto Symphony Orchestra principal clarinetist Joaquin Valdepenas, Canadian big band leader Don Pierre, klezmer artist Kurt Bjorling of the band Brave Old World, Norwegian clarinetist Terje Lerstad, Binghamton University music professor Timothy Perry, Swiss multi-instrumentalist Peter A. Schmid, and many others in Europe, Japan, the United States, and Canada.

As an instrumentalist, Fox performs and records with the chamber music groups Riverdale Ensemble and Ossia.