$3,039 USD
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The Protégé is your foot in the door to college or the perfect teaching companion. Featuring unstained, carefully aged grenadilla or cocobolo woods, the barrel, body and bell are crafted in Canada from the exact same wood used for our professional and custom clarinets.
The Protégé features a professional finish, undercut tone holes, a New Traditional Barrel and Backun Bell. Water resistant custom black leather pads, an adjustable thumb rest with neck strap ring, and a durable backpack case rounds out an impressive list of features at an even more impressive price.
One New Traditional Barrel, One Backun Bell, Custom Backpack Case, Swab and Cork Grease (Mouthpiece not included)
Left Hand Eb Lever
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Love the sound and ease of playing. Such a beautiful clarinet!
I have just received my Backun protege clarinet in the mail and began to play on it. It feels really smooth and has a much darker tone than my other wood clarinet. I have had a few issues in the altissimo register but I will give it a few weeks of playing on the instrument before I ask about it.
Hi Joshua, I hope you're still loving your new clarinet and that the concern about the high notes has resolved. If not, please do not hesitate to reach out to us for support at sales@backumusical.com! Sean
This is a beautiful clarinet and after the first ten minutes of playing I love its rich, full sound. The keys are lovely to play and although I am a beginning clarinetist (1 month) I am looking forward to learning on this marvelous instrument.
I have had a Buffet RC....and now I am finally happy about the change. More dynamics, more expression, easyier to play - I love it!
While I ended up focusing on bassoon, I've always missed my days as a would-be woodwind doubler. Not being familiar with the Backun name, I happened upon some Corrado Giuffredi videos on YouTube and was struck by the beautifully warm, even quality of his sound! I did some research on Backun clarinets and listened to others who play these lovely instruments and decided I needed to get back into playing. I've been on the look out for a Backun that would fit well with me and was lucky enough to come across the Backun Protege in Cocobolo I have now! I may be a bit rusty, but the luscious tone of the Cocobolo (paired with a Vocalise CG) and ease of playing definitely has me inspired and excited to be playing again.
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Standard | Backun, Buffet, Selmer (USA, Centered Tone, 10G, Series 9), Yamaha, and most other brands |
Standard Plus | As above, larger bore for more free blowing feel |
Selmer Paris |
Selmer Paris (Not including Selmer USA, 10G, Series 9) |
Yamaha CSG |
Yamaha CSG I, II and III |
FIT | BRANDS |
Standard | Backun, Buffet, Selmer (USA, Centered Tone, 10G, Series 9), Yamaha (including CSG), and most other brands |
Selmer Paris | Selmer Paris (Not including Selmer USA, 10G, Series 9) |
MODEL | MATERIAL | OPENING | FACING LENGTH | COMPARES TO |
R | Hard Rod Rubber | Close | Short | M13/15 |
G | Hard Rod Rubber | Medium | Medium | 5RV/M30/BD5 |
H | Hard Rod Rubber | Open | Long | B40/B45 |
CG | Proprietary Synthetic | Open | Long | BD4/B40 |
Z | Hard Rod Rubber | Extreme Open | Long | BD7 |
MODEL | MATERIAL | OPENING | FACING LENGTH | COMPARES TO |
CG |
Proprietary Synthetic | Open | Long | B46/B50 |
MODEL | MATERIAL | OPENING | FACING LENGTH | COMPARES TO |
Bb | Plastic | Medium | Medium | 5RV Lyre |
Bass | Plastic | Medium | Medium | 5RV Lyre |