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A testament to everything learned over decades of mouthpiece craftspersonship, the Hawkins Signature Bb Mouthpiece provides artists with a clear, dark and compact tone. The ability to remain flexible with ease, while holding the core sound of the instrument, is inherent in this signature mouthpiece that is equally at home in the teaching studio, orchestral and chamber concerts and in contemporary classical playing.
Specs:
Medium tip at 1.08mm with a Medium facing, paired with the A-Frame Bore also found on the McGill and Shifrin Signature Mouthpieces
A=440-441/66mm typical barrel length or A=442/65mm typical barrel length
Engraved with RH on the table for Richard Hawkins
Includes:
One Hawkins 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.
Suggested Reed Pairings:
Since 1998, I've preferred Legèré Reeds and have been working diligently on the equation to solidify similar results with cane. That said, while synthetic reeds have similar results when compared with cane, I recommend players use a little softer cane reed. RH
"My new personal favorite! This mouthpiece is my go-to for an easy and clear tone with a dark roundness. It represents a long-term project that I have sincerely enjoyed playing, with positive results in resonance and ring.”
Reinventing the clarinet
Backun, a brand born in 2007, the year in which they launched their first clarinet, and with a focus on the musicians who will play their instruments, as its creator and president himself has been a clarinetist.
Morrie Backun, who designs the brand, is a professional clarinetist who has played bass clarinet in the Vancouver Radio Orchestra, Canada. He started out designing the latest Leblanc models, and then began making kites and bells for Leblanc.
Out of that passion came Morrie's idea to develop first accessories and then clarinets to help musicians perfect their craft.
One of the main differences that Backun has, according to many musicians, is the sound concept. Whether in the cheaper or more expensive models, the sound is warm, round, not nasal, not squeaky. The sonorous conception has to do with the interior designs of the tubes of their clarinets.
The tuning, which is super important, is very well achieved. Where the tone holes are placed and how he has the overcut and undercut is one of Morrie's specialties.
Those developments were designed to achieve the 2 things that a clarinetist is looking for, and that the brand seeks to differentiate itself, that it sounds beautiful and that it sounds in tune.
From professional and studio clarinets to the most sophisticated accessories, Backun has a wide range of products adapted to the needs of each artist. There are four ranges of clarinets available: Studio, Intermediate, Professional and Custom.
All of them are handcrafted in cocobolo or granadilla wood with silver and/or gold keys and mechanisms, making them a unique piece. In addition, the wide variety of designs in barrels and bells offer the musician the possibility of customizing his clarinet to his taste.
To sum up, we can say that sonority, tuning and ergonomics make Backun the big difference.
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Reinventing the clarinet
Backun, a brand born in 2007, the year in which they launched their first clarinet, and with a focus on the musicians who will play their instruments, as its creator and president himself has been a clarinetist.
Morrie Backun, who designs the brand, is a professional clarinetist who has played bass clarinet in the Vancouver Radio Orchestra, Canada. He started out designing the latest Leblanc models, and then began making kites and bells for Leblanc.
Out of that passion came Morrie's idea to develop first accessories and then clarinets to help musicians perfect their craft.
One of the main differences that Backun has, according to many musicians, is the sound concept. Whether in the cheaper or more expensive models, the sound is warm, round, not nasal, not squeaky. The sonorous conception has to do with the interior designs of the tubes of their clarinets.
The tuning, which is super important, is very well achieved. Where the tone holes are placed and how he has the overcut and undercut is one of Morrie's specialties.
Those developments were designed to achieve the 2 things that a clarinetist is looking for, and that the brand seeks to differentiate itself, that it sounds beautiful and that it sounds in tune.
From professional and studio clarinets to the most sophisticated accessories, Backun has a wide range of products adapted to the needs of each artist. There are four ranges of clarinets available: Studio, Intermediate, Professional and Custom.
All of them are handcrafted in cocobolo or granadilla wood with silver and/or gold keys and mechanisms, making them a unique piece. In addition, the wide variety of designs in barrels and bells offer the musician the possibility of customizing his clarinet to his taste.
To sum up, we can say that sonority, tuning and ergonomics make Backun the big difference.
