BACKUN McGill Signature Bb Clarinet Mouthpiece

BACKUN McGill Signature Bb Clarinet Mouthpiece

Product description:

The McGill Signature Bb Clarinet Mouthpiece is all about richness of tone and ease of articulation. It has the flexibility to be able to play with a huge sound and delicately at the softest dynamic. Crafted from hard-rod rubber using the most advanced precision CNC machining in the industry, this mouthpiece is best suited for an advanced high school through consummate professional clarinetists.

*Tip from Hawkins: To re-lubricate signature mouthpiece o-rings, use a drop of almond oil or a tiny bit of cork grease on the inner wall of the barrel top tenon to improve ease of use.

Characteristics:

• Medium/Open tip at 1.15mm with a Medium/Long facing
• Very free blowing and compatible with 3.0–4.0 cane reeds and 3.5–4.25 synthetic reeds
• A=440–441 with typical 66mm barrel or A=442 with 65mm barrel
• Engraved with AM on the table for Anthony McGill

Includes:

One McGill Signature Bb Clarinet Mouthpiece with three medium-sized self-lubricating O-Rings, one small flathead screwdriver and one mouthpiece patch.

All Backun Signature Series Mouthpieces come with medium-sized O-Rings installed, which fit a majority of clarinet barrel tenons.

"This mouthpiece has cover, warmth, vibrancy and ease of articulation. It is extremely even across the registers and plays well in tune. It is a combination of a lot of the things I look for in the many mouthpieces I’ve played over my career. In my career I need a mouthpiece that can do many different things such as play chamber music, play a Mahler symphony, play excerpts and concertos. This does it. We’re very excited to introduce it to the world."
– Anthony McGill, International Soloist and Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic

"As I have witnessed Anthony’s talents since he was in high school, his many years in opera, orchestral and solo playing, my biggest challenge in design was to find a voice in this McGill Signature mouthpiece that would have Anthony's depth of tone, ring and evenness with superior response and volume in all registers of the instrument. I believe this McGill model captures the essence of his wonderful voice with an ease and fluidity for today's performers."
– Richard Hawkins, Mouthpiece Designer and Professor, Oberlin Conservatory