Backun 'Essence' Bb Clarinet in Grenadilla with Low F Vent

Backun BCLBESSG-SK-FV Bb Clarinet in Grenadilla Overview

The Backun BCLBESSG-SK-FV Essence is a French-style Bb clarinet built to prioritize clarity, centered tone, and modern mechanical efficiency in a lighter, highly responsive platform. Designed from years of testing with Backun Artists across North America, Asia, and Europe and introduced for Backun’s 25th Anniversary, the Essence combines an updated Backun Scale bore with precision machining, sculpted tone holes, and Custom-style handcrafted keywork to deliver a resonant tonal core and dependable intonation for serious performance and study.

Backun BCLBESSG-SK-FV Bb Clarinet in Grenadilla Specifications

• Key: Bb
• Body: Premium, unstained exotic hardwood (grenadilla)
• Approx. weight: 810 g
• Bore: Essence precision machined taper with Backun Scale bore
• Tone holes: Essence sculpted undercut and overcut tone holes
• Keywork: Drop-forged and hardened with triple-strike silver plating
• Mechanism: Automatic Low F Vent (corrects low F tuning without an additional key)
• Joints/tenons: Carbon fibre middle joints with multi-material tenons
• Barrels and bell: Includes Essence 66 mm and 65 mm barrels; Essence bell with sculpted metal rings
• Pads: Custom black leather pads; custom register pad with voicing pin
• Case: Custom Backun backpack case with memory foam
• Accessories: Boveda pack, polishing cloth, cork grease, Backun warranty card (mouthpiece not included)

Condition & Setup

Brand new with full manufacturer's warranty. This instrument is professionally inspected, set up, and play-tested by our technicians to confirm seal, regulation, and keywork function prior to shipment.

Who the BCLBESSG-SK-FV Bb Clarinet Is For

The Backun Essence BCLBESSG-SK-FV is a modern French-style Bb clarinet for advancing students, pre-professional players, and working musicians who want a clear, resonant sound with secure intonation and contemporary mechanism design. Its design goal is “clarity, reimagined”: a lighter feel in the hands paired with a bold, projecting tonal core that still supports refined color and dynamic control.

What distinguishes the Essence within Backun’s lineup is how it delivers Custom-style keywork and performance-focused engineering in a more accessible format. The enhanced left-hand mechanism (including a removable left-hand Ab/Eb key), inline trill keys with hardened blue steel springs, and micro-adjustment screws support clean technique and precise regulation, while the Automatic Low F Vent targets one of the most common tuning problem notes for Bb clarinet. The included 65 mm and 66 mm Essence barrels and the Essence bell with sculpted metal rings provide practical flexibility for response, pitch, and projection across different rooms and repertoire.

Common Questions About the Backun BCLBESSG-SK-FV

What does the Automatic Low F Vent do on the Essence clarinet?

The Automatic Low F Vent is a built-in mechanism that corrects low F tuning automatically, helping keep pitch stable across registers without requiring the player to use an additional manual vent key.

Is the Backun Essence appropriate for professional use?

Yes. The Essence is designed as a professional-capable French-style Bb clarinet, with drop-forged hardened keywork, precision-machined bore geometry, sculpted tone holes, and black leather pads intended for consistent response and intonation in performance settings.

What is included with the Backun BCLBESSG-SK-FV, and what is not included?

It includes the Essence 65 mm and 66 mm barrels, Essence bell, a Custom Backun backpack case with memory foam, a Boveda pack, polishing cloth, cork grease, and a Backun warranty card. A mouthpiece is not included.

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