VERY IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDED INSTRUMENTS
All in hard cases (no gig bags)
Cleaning Kit/ Maintenance Kit required for wind instruments
Wire Stands, Tuners and Metronomes recommended but optional
Absolutely NO Colored Instruments!
Flute- Gemeinhardt, Yamaha
Oboe- Fox, Yamaha, Renard, Vito
With med-soft reeds
Good Quality Handmade Double Reeds available by Stellar Oboe Products at www.oboe.net
Bassoon- Good Quality Handmade Double Reeds available at www.oboe.net or www.charlesmusic.com
Clarinet- Buffet, Selmer/Bundy, Vito, Yamaha
Mouthpiece- Hite with Rovner Leather Ligature & Vandoren 2 ½ reeds
Wood vs. Plastic- Wood gets a warmer sound but is for indoor use only, plastic is more durable and is able to be played outdoors
Saxophones (alto & tenor)- Keilwerth, Buescher, Yahama, Selmer, Vito, Bundy
Mouthpiece- Hite or Selmer C* with Rovner Leather Ligature & Vandoren 2 ½ reeds & Padded neck strap
Trumpet- Bach, Yamaha, Conn, Besson, Selmer, Blessing
Mouthpiece- Bach 3C or 5C
Horn- Holton, Yahama, Conn, Bach, Selmer (double preferred if financially possible for student)
Mouthpiece- Bach 11
Trombone/Euphonium- Yamaha, Bach, Holton, Blessing, Conn
Mouthpiece- Bach, Blessing, Giardinelli 6 ½ AL Mouthpiece
Tuba- Mouthpiece- Helleberg, Bach 18 or 24 AW
New Preferred, Rental Returns OK, please Avoid eBay
High Quality Instruments are a MUST! Avoid inexpensive Band instruments. They are impossible to play in tune and once something breaks they cannot be repaired. A used high quality instrument is better than a poorly manufactured brand new one.
Instrument Brands to Avoid: Kaiser, Cecilio, Herche, Glory, East Rock, Jean Paul, First Act, DEG, Novello, Glory, Lazarro, Mendini, Eastar, Eking, Apelila, Hallelu, Merano, Shoenbach, Bentoni, Tangkula, Andoer, Etude, LJ Hutchen, Queen, Tromba, Hawk, Monel, Barrington, Benson, Tempest, Ammoon, OPUS, Hisonic, Legacy, Moz, Rugeri and any “colored” instruments. Please contact the director before buying an instrument – even from a music store.