Backun Protege Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece Barrels

Backun Protege Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece BarrelsThis is the mouthpiece that ships with the Backun Alpha bass clarinet, and it's also available on its own which is good news, because for a long time the entry level bass clarinet mouthpiece market was a wasteland. The Protg is the rare student mouthpiece that doesn't require an immediate upgrade. It's molded from a synthetic blank (not rubber), the facing is consistent piece to piece, and it responds really well. A beginner can get a sound out of it

and quickly swap your cable from one horn to the other

more percussive

and up and over your shoulders

and when he gets them he sends me pictures of things like chipped tone holes that he has to fix right off the bat

Sorry Alan Kay — while you're one of my top-ten favorite clarinetists

this case comes with a backpack strap set

Upside: they attach much more easily

(In my experience

to be sure

which handles both notes

It takes his small team 100 hours to make each clarinet

It has a larger tip opening and a longer facing (i