The Clarinet You’ve Been Looking For
What if your clarinet felt like it was made for you? Every Backun clarinet, from the accessible Alpha to the artist-level Lumière and CG Carbon, is built on the same uncompromising foundation: exceptional intonation, immediate response, and a depth of tone you have to feel to believe. Precision-undercut tone holes, drop-forged keywork, and naturally aged exotic hardwoods aren’t reserved for the top of the line. They’re the standard. Backun isn’t just another clarinet. It’s the one you’ve been waiting for. Finally, you don’t have to choose between quality and value.
Every Player Deserves to Play Their Best
Whether you’re stepping onto a concert stage, teaching the next generation, or picking up the clarinet again after years away, your playing deserves to be supported by an exceptional instrument. Players who have made the switch to Backun consistently describe the same experience: impeccable intonation, keywork that falls effortlessly under your hands, and a rich sound that inspires confidence from the first note. This standard of excellence applies not only to Backun’s pro-level offerings but also to entry-level instruments. For Backun, “affordable” never meant “compromise.” Whatever your path, there’s a Backun clarinet and accessory built for it.
Something Special for Everyone
Backun clarinets provide a superior playing experience, superb tone quality, and excellent value. From uncompromising intonation and feel to ergonomically designed keywork, they leave nothing to chance. There’s something special for everyone, for advanced musicians, educators, students, and doublers alike.
Go Deeper. Go Lower. Go Further.
The bass clarinet has always had untapped potential. Backun unlocked it with the design and launch of its Backun Q Series bass clarinet. When the first Q Series bass clarinet prototype was completed, one player described the experience simply. Its response, intonation, and sound exceeded every expectation. Free blowing but easy to control. Even timbre across every register. Loads of character. A custom case designed for the real world. Designed with an intense focus on exceptional intonation throughout registers and a beautifully engineered mechanism, this series of professional and student synthetic bass clarinets has no equal. When you’re ready to explore a new dimension of sound, Backun is ready to take you there.
It Starts with the Mouthpiece
No single accessory shapes your sound more than your mouthpiece, and players who’ve found theirs in the Backun range don’t go back. The reaction is consistently the same: absolutely amazing with rich tonal colors, even sound across all octaves, and intonation that transforms the instrument underneath it. One player called the Vocalise the closest thing to a long-lost mouthpiece — the one for which they’d been searching for years. Warm, centered tone and improved articulation are made possible by industry-leading machining technology and decades of design expertise. From the student Protégé line to Vocalise and the Signature Series designed by Richard Hawkins for world-class artists, there’s a Backun mouthpiece to suit every player and every need. When your foundation is right, everything else falls into place. Start with Backun to achieve your ultimate tone and sound.
One Small Change, a Whole New Sound
For many players, a Backun barrel is where everything changes. It’s the moment they realize how much more their instrument is capable of. The Essence Barrel balances projection and tonal character with a fantastic response. The MoBa Barrel delivers a dense, dark sound loaded with plenty of power and substance while the Lumière Barrel offers a sweet, balanced tone with increased focus and projection that illuminates every corner of the concert hall. And the Fatboy? Perhaps their most popular barrel, it’s suited for a wide range of playing styles from symphonic dances to jazz and everything in between. Backun barrels are crafted from exotic woods, naturally aged, and then precision-machined and hand-finished. For many, their journey with Backun starts with a barrel, but that’s just the beginning.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The clarinet bell shapes how your sound leaves you and enters the world — the punctuation at the end of every phrase, the final impression you leave on your audience. For Backun, the bell isn’t an afterthought, it’s the icing on the cake. From the Backun Voicing Groove designed to improve your tone over the dreaded break to different clarinet bell designs that increase projection, improve stability through the upper register, and help blend and balance when it matters most, your sound deserves a finish as beautiful as its beginning. Backun bells deliver on every note when it matters most.
