Recommended Equipment

Clarinet Saxophone
Instrument Beginner
Backun Alpha

Intermediate
Backun Beta, Leblanc Bliss L210 

Advanced
Backun Protege, Backun F Model, or MoBa
Selmer Privilege or Selmer Signature

 

Bass Clarinet
Selmer Privilege 

 Beginner/Intermediate
Trevor James Signature Reference
Yanagisawa 901

Advanced
Trevor James RAW or RAW XS
Yanagisawa 901, 991 or 9937
Selmer Paris Models
Mouthpieces Beginner
Yamaha 5C

Intermediate
Vandoren 5RV Lyre, 30M, BD5
Selmer C85 115
D’Addario Reserve X10
Lomax S2

 

Advanced
Lomax A2 or L’Opera O3
Morales-Backun Traditional, Orchestra or Arabesque

Selmer Concept

Vandoren BD5

Bass Clarinet:  Backun Bass Plus,  Selmer Concept,  Vandoren B50 or BD5

 

 Beginner
Yamaha 5CIntermediate/Advanced Soprano
Vandoren SL3 or SL4
Selmer Concept
Jazz – JodyJazz HR* 5*

Alto
Vandoren AL3 or 4Selmer SD 20Selmer Concept
Jazz – Vandoren A6M
JodyJazz HR* 5M
Meyer 6MTenor
Vandoren T20 or TL4
Selmer SD20
Jazz – JodyJazz HR* 5*
Otto Link Vintage
Vandoren T6Bari
Vandoren B35, BL3 or BL4
Selmer C**
Jazz – Vandoren B5 or B7
Reeds Beginner
Legere Signature,  Juno

 

Advanced

 

Legere Signature, Legere European Cut

 

Vandoren Bluebox, V12, 56 Rue Lepic, V21

 

D’Addario Reserve Classic

Bass Clarinet:  Vandoren Blue Box, V12, V21

 Beginner
Legere Signature, JunoAdvancedLegere Signature,Vandoren Blue Box , V21, V12D’Addario Reserve Classic
Miscellaneous Vandoren Thin Mouthpiece Patches and Microfibre Swabs

BG Microfibre Swabs
Theo Wanne Enlightened Ligatures
Peter Spriggs Floating Rail Ligatures

Rovner Platinum Ligatures

Rovner Versa-X Ligatures

Silverstein Ligatures

Doctor Slick Cork Grease

Reedgeek (for adjusting reeds)