Beginning Instrument and Mouthpiece Brands and Necessary Accessories

Flute: Yamaha, Pearl, Emerson,
Gemeinhardt.
Accessories: Handkerchief, cleaning
rod, and mirror needed to clean inside.
Oboe: Yamaha, Fox, Selmer. Wood Clarinet: Yamaha, Buffet, Leblanc,
model recommended if possible. Selmer. Wood model recommended if
possible.
Accessories: Three medium soft reeds
and reed case required at all times. Accessories: Four Vandoren #2.5 reeds,
participate in class. Three reeds that are cork grease, cleaning swab. Hite Premier
taken care of well will last about 6 weeks mouthpiece (later Vandoren M30
mouthpiece).

Saxophone: Yamaha, Selmer. Trumpet: Yamaha, Bach, Holton, French Horn: School rental
Getzen.

Accessories: Four Vandoren #2.5 reeds,
Hite Premier mouthpiece (later a
Caravan or Rascher medium chamber
mouthpiece).
Accessories: Bach 3c mouthpiece, valve
oil and slide grease, mouthpiece brush,
polishing cloth.
Accessories: Farkus MDC mouthpiece
OR Giardinelli C10 Mouthpiece. Rotor
oil, slide grease, polishing cloth,
mouthpiece brush and a cleaning snake
are also necessary.

Trombone: Yamaha, Bach, Holton, Euphonium: School rental Tuba: School rental
Conn

Accessories: Bach or Kelly mouthpiece Accessories: : Bach or Kelly mouthpiece Accessories: Bach 18 OR Helleberg
size 6 ½ , slide oil, slide grease, spray size 6 ½ , valve oil, slide grease, mouthpiece, valve oil, slide grease,
bottle, mouthpiece brush, cleaning snake. mouthpiece brush. polishing cloth, mouthpiece brush.

Bassoon: Three medium soft reeds Percussion: Percussion kit should

required at all times. This will prevent a include stick bag with drum sticks with
student from running out of reeds during wooden tips (Vic Firth SD1 General),
class. A student without working reeds yarn mallets, rubber mallets, and timpani
cannot play their instrument, and will not mallets. Bell kits are rented from school.
be able to participate in class. Three
reeds will last about 6 weeks before they
need to be replaced.