Backun Signature Bb Clarinet Mouthpieces

The Backun Signature series mouthpieces are an elevated collection of precision machined clarinet mouthpieces designed and crafted for luminaries among the clarinet community. From Anthony McGill and David Shifrin to Corrado Giuffredi, Javier Llopis and master craftsperson, Richard Hawkins, a new generation of mouthpieces has arrived.

Available Models:

David Shifrin

Anything but the usual, the Shifrin Signature is crafted with a unique A-Frame baffle, representing the future of clarinet mouthpiece design. With a medium/long facing optimized for synthetic and cane reeds, this model is featured on marbled slate hard rod rubber. 

Tip Opening: 1.04mm.

Richard Hawkins

A testament to everything learned over decades of mouthpiece craftspersonship, the Hawkins Signature Bb Mouthpiece provides artists with a clear, dark and compact tone. The ability to remain flexible with ease, while holding the core sound of the instrument, is inherent in this signature mouthpiece that is equally at home in the teaching studio, orchestral and chamber concerts and in contemporary classical playing.

Medium tip at 1.08mm with a Medium facing, paired with the A-Frame Bore also found on the McGill and Shifrin Signature Mouthpieces

Anthony McGill

The McGill Signature Bb Clarinet Mouthpiece is all about richness of tone and ease of articulation. It has the flexibility to be able to play with a huge sound and delicately at the softest dynamic. Crafted from hard-rod rubber using the most advanced precision CNC machining in the industry, this mouthpiece is best suited for an advanced high school through consummate professional clarinetists.

Medium/Open tip at 1.15mm with a Medium/Long facing, which is very free blowing and ranges with a 3.0-4.0 cane reeds and 3.5-4.25 synthetic reeds

Corrado Giuffredi

A traditional bore design with a more open/long facing, the Corrado Signature is a gorgeous take on a flexible centered tone and is crafted on marbled green hard rod rubber. With playable ease and smoothness across registers, this model yields an altissimo that produces wonderfully strong overtones and rich character. 

Tip Opening: 1.20mm.

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