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Backun Protege ... anyone playing these?

Author: TomS
Date: 2022-03-23 22:25

Having a couple of blackwood Backun Protege clarinets sent my way for evaluation. Can't get the Beta models right now ...

I've been a lucky dog for the last few months and have had the opportunity to play principal in our community band ... we play outdoors often and I use an Alpha, (or a Ridenour 576 or Libertas). Looking for something with a little more "core" sound than the Alpha, but similar playing characteristics for indoors ...

The first Protege I played years ago was not good, but I suspect someone stuck a swap in the bore and in the process of trying to remove it, scratched things up ...

I love my Alpha, apparently the keywork is very similar to the Protege, and I have hopes that the acoustics are of the same family, as well.

Also, I've noticed that on all Alpha's, the RH little finger A/E-flat and G/C keys are lower and at a a slant in respect to the F/C-sharp and E/B keys ... I had to bend the crows foot quite a bit to "fix" this ... Does the Protege have similar "problems"?

So, anyone out there playing the Protege clarinets with aplomb? These made a splash a few years ago ... wondering if still a popular clarinet.

Tom

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