Vandoren BD5 Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece Bells

Vandoren BD5 Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece BellsThe Vandoren BD5 is a more recent invention from the good folks at Vandoren. It's made of ebonite (which sounds made up, because it is. It's their brand name for hard rubber that they've added some voodoo materials to). It's got a compact sound, and is popular with orchestral musicians. That said, I had a guy from Jazz at Lincoln Center over to try instruments and he liked it a lot. So, go figure. The tip opening is smaller than the B40, with the same

It's always better to use a new reed that matches the mouthpiece than to try a current reed with a new mouthpiece

Bonna makes cases for just about every combination

6mm in the second generation

It’s for 7 bass clarinets and probably a church choir clapping behind you all

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and accidentally oiling your pads is a big no-no

Solid 12ths

Twelfths run super-wide

so I can be on the lookout for them

Installed correctly

because we need to do that setup