Bb Backun ESSENCE clarinet
Bb Backun ESSENCE clarinet
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Bb Backun ESSENCE clarinet
Bb Backun ESSENCE clarinet

Bb Backun ESSENCE clarinet

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The Essence of Backun clarinet

The Essence is clarity, reimagined. Light in the hands but bold in sound, this entirely new series channels the golden age of clarinet playing through Backun’s relentless drive for innovation. With handcrafted key work in the style of our Custom Clarinets, an enhanced left-hand mechanism and a striking new design, Essence is the modern French-style clarinet – refined, responsive and incredibly resonant. 

Shaped by years of hands-on testing with Backun Artists across North America, Asia, and Europe, the Essence reflects the artistic vision of the world’s most demanding performers. Launched in celebration of Backun’s 25th Anniversary, it delivers the rich tonal core and flawless intonation that define our instruments – now more accessible than ever for players ready to make their mark.

Essence Barrels and Bells, with first-of-their-kind sculpted metal rings, project warmth and brilliance with ease. The optional Low F Vent mechanism ensures spot-on tuning across every register, unlocking performance once reserved for the elite.

This isn’t just a lighter Lumière – it’s the new benchmark for French-style clarinets. And when only the best will do, the choice is clear: Backun.

Features

Premium, unstained exotic hardwood body in grenadilla or cocobolo

Drop-forged and hardened key work with triple-strike plating in silver

Essence precision machined taper with Backun Scale bore

Essence sculpted undercut and overcut tone holes

Carbon fibre middle joints and with multi-material tenons

Mechanics

Optional Automatic Low F Vent, an innovative mechanism that corrects the Low F tuning every time, without having to use an additional key

Traditional posting system with silver or gold post options

Inline trill keys with hardened, blue steel springs

Removable left-hand Ab/Eb key

Newly designed adjustable ergonomic thumb rest with neck strap ring

Advanced adjustment screws for micro tuning

Pads

Custom black leather pads

Custom register pad with voicing pin

Includes

Essence 66mm and 65mm Barrels

Essence Bell

Custom Backun Backpack Case with Memory Foam

Polishing Cloth

Cork Grease

Backun Warranty Card

Mouthpiece not included

Product Details

About Backun

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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About Backun

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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