The Vandoren BD5 Bb Clarinet Mouthpiece is the newest edition to Vandoren’s mouthpiece range. A great flexible mouthpiece, that answers a lot of peoples musical needs. With a completely different internal and external design from any of their other mouthpieces, the BD5 offers a full sound, with rich depth and colour.
With a particular attention taken to perfecting the tone in the upper register, the BD5 offers the perfect balance between a dark and rich, yet compact sound. To go with its specific dimensions, the BD5 works best with slightly stronger reed choices, between a 3-3.5+ (see recommendations below).
It plays with freedom and body, allowing you to get a rich depth of colour, especially in the upper register, whilst requiring less air. This model, is also available in a 13 Series finish.
With over 30 different models for Bb clarinet made by Vandoren, their newest creation shows their motivation to make a mouthpiece for every clarinettists playing any style of music.
About Vandoren
Established in 1905 (Paris) and founded by clarinettist, Eugène Van Doren, Vandoren Paris are a world renowned brand specialising in clarinet and saxophone reeds, mouthpieces, ligatures and other accessories. Vandoren combine innovative designs with state of the art machinery (using engineering tolerance below 1/100th of a millimeter) to produce products of outstanding quality.