Backun Protege Bb Clarinet - cocobolo w/ gold posts, silver keys, Eb lever

The Backun Protege B-Flat Clarinet

The Protégé is your foot in the door to college or the perfect teaching companion. Featuring unstained, naturally-aged grenadilla wood, from the exact same wood used for Bakun’s professional and custom clarinets.

The Protégé features a professional finish, undercut tone holes, a New Traditional Barrel and Backun Bell. 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.

Drop-forged Keywork

The Protege’s keywork is drop-forged and is plated in silver or gold. Keys that are drop-forged are more durable and less likely to break than cast keys.

Poly-cylindrical Bore

We have a poly-cylindrical bore, which combines different cylindrical sections, creating a bore that varies in diameter along its length. This improves the intonation and response throughout the instrument’s range.

Removable Left-Hand E-Flat Key

This clarinet is also equipped with an adjustable thumb rest, traditional flat and needle springs, and an optional removable left-hand Eb key. The left-hand Eb key is handy in situations where you have to alternate between your pinky keys.

New Traditional Bell & Custom Black Leather Pads

We gave Custom black leather pads and a New Traditional 65mm barrel. The standard-length barrel features a polite and reserved sound character. It offers a medium resistance feel and is ideal for solo and chamber music as well as for those whose focus is on standard repertoire.

Backun Bell with Voicing Groove

The Protégé ends with a Backun bell – This bell has a standard Voicing Groove which slightly alters airflow, smoothing out the break between registers. Additionally, it improves your clarinet’s tone in the upper clarion register.

Made in Canada.

Features

• Advanced degree of finishing and setup for accomplished players
• Premium, unstained exotic hardwood body in grenadilla or cocobolo
• Drop-forged and hardened key work with triple-strike plating in silver or gold
• Poly-cylindrical bore
• Standard tone holes

Mechanics

• Adjustable thumb rest with neck strap ring
• Traditional flat springs
• Optional: Removable left-hand Eb key

Pads

• Custom black leather pads

SKU

BCLBPROTCSKGE

Manufacturer

Backun