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Your cart is empty.Vandoren clarinet mouthpieces have defined the ideal clarinet sound for decades. With impeccable intonation, crisp and accurate articulation, and unrivaled response, Vandoren clarinet mouthpieces are preferred by professional clarinetists around the world.
JAL
2025-09-04 12:47:34
This is a great jazz clarinet mouthpiece with a very large tip opening. I have been playing clarinet off and on for over 40 years on a Selmer Signet and now on a Yamaha YCL-72. I play both classical (Mozart) and jazz (Coltrane/Parker). If you are use to a standard clarinet mouth piece with a smaller opening, it is going to take some practice time to play this mouthpiece well, especially in the very upper registers. Because of the large opening, it takes more lip pressure to bend the reed. So while you may play a 2 1/2 or 3 reed on a standard mouthpiece, you may use a 1 1/2 or 2 reed on the 5JB. The benefit of the large tip opening is a much greater range of volume and range in reed pressure (pitch) which is useful in Jazz. This range in pitch may or not be desirable for classical music. Although I have a Rovner ligature, I use a standard metal ligature on this mouthpiece as it is easier for me to hit the highest F with a metal ligature. I find it hard on my lips to hit the highest F on the 5JB, so if you are playing Coltrane, you may want to also have a less open mouthpiece like a Selmer HS** or Vandoren B45 with a stiffer reed for those long challenging Coltrane pieces with parts in the upper register. P.S. There are two versions of this mouthpiece, the "Traditional CM310" and the "Profile 88 CM3108" which differ in the "external angle of the beak."Update: I have worked my way up to a Vandoren V12 2-1/2 reed and I am very pleased with the sound that I am getting. I have settled on a Rovner Versa ligature. Have fun!
pierre veniot
2025-09-02 17:40:08
This is not suitable for classical Clarinet, I am a saxophone player and the resistance matches my saxophones mouthpieces.
Burak U.
2025-08-25 15:13:23
I was looking for an alternative mouthpiece for my Amati ACL 340S G Clarinet for a while. Amati ACL 340S comes with an Amati 14 mouthpiece which when used with a #1 or #1.5 reed gives you beautiful musical results. Given that most the master clarinetists, such as Husnu Senlendirici, in my home country, Turkey, use the Vandoren 5JB mouthpiece, I wanted to try it out. I would say Vandoren 5JB provided a better tone quality as well as a greater volume capacity than the original mouthpiece of the instrument. I highly recommend it for those who are interested in playing Turkish, Middle Eastern, Balkan music.
Bones
2025-08-24 15:58:22
I own two of these mouthpieces. Several years I bought a new clarinet and needed a mouthpiece. I did not like the one that came with the clarinet and the mouthpiece I used on my old clarinet made the new clarinet play flat. So I tried several different mouthpieces from different vendors and this is the one that I like best. I bought a second one for a spare just in case. It plays the same as the first one.
Unanimouse
2025-08-10 13:01:51
Loud and harsh
D.Z.
2025-08-04 12:41:22
I had been practicing traditional clarinet pieces for years, so now I decide to try to play some jazz for fun. It works perfectly with my Buffet R13, deep, rich sound mix with a little bit of wild feeling. I'm using La Voz reeds with this mouthpiece now, any further recommendations with reeds?
Stephen Doudiken
2025-07-27 16:22:50
This is a nice mouthpiece. It is versatile and gives me good control of both tone and pitch. It swings!
Josein Alberto Mallaupoma Misari
2025-07-25 12:28:46
MUY BUENA BOQUILLA
Chambers
2025-07-17 15:51:58
Très bon bec de clarinette beaucoup des grandes jazzman utilisent, juste seul, petit bémol. Manque un petit peu d’infos descriptif sur la page Amazon du jen, l’ouverture du bec qui est a 1,47mm.
Valentin
2025-07-03 14:32:02
Good
neekamv8
2025-06-29 15:53:38
I already had a 5JB, they blow great and are a very good jazz clarinet mouthpiece. The 5JB 88 Lyre is supposed to be better for Saxophone players, which is why I bought one. The beak is longer and the angle of the beak is more akin to a saxophone mouthpiece supposedly. I gotta say the beak on the 88 is pretty close, if not the same as my 7 Otto Link clarinet mouthpiece and frankly I didn't find any noticeable difference, from a playing perspective, to the 5JB I already had. they both project really well have lotsa dynamic range and are great playing pieces. I am using the 88 now, so did I need the 88, as I already had a 5JB? Probably not, either piece works equally well for me but it's a great piece anyways..
Ferdi Efe
2025-06-22 13:40:37
Orjinal güzel ürün almanızı tavsiye ederim fiyat performansı çok iyi
Customer
2025-06-21 13:31:12
The best jazz mouthpiece in my opinion. very free blowing and light with a mellow tone. Use reeds of #2.5 strength and below! Anything higher will produce an airy quality.Great seller, prompt shipping with no problems at all!!Recommend.
JAL
2025-06-05 14:21:16
This is a great jazz clarinet mouthpiece with a very large tip opening. I have been playing clarinet off and on for over 40 years on a Selmer Signet and now on a Yamaha YCL-72. I play both classical (Mozart) and jazz (Coltrane/Parker). If you are use to a standard clarinet mouth piece with a smaller opening, it is going to take some practice time to play this mouthpiece well, especially in the very upper registers. Because of the large opening, it takes more lip pressure to bend the reed. So while you may play a 2 1/2 or 3 reed on a standard mouthpiece, you may use a 1 1/2 or 2 reed on the 5JB. The benefit of the large tip opening is a much greater range of volume and range in reed pressure (pitch) which is useful in Jazz. This range in pitch may or not be desirable for classical music. Although I have a Rovner ligature, I use a standard metal ligature on this mouthpiece as it is easier for me to hit the highest F with a metal ligature. I find it hard on my lips to hit the highest F on the 5JB, so if you are playing Coltrane, you may want to also have a less open mouthpiece like a Selmer HS** or Vandoren B45 with a stiffer reed for those long challenging Coltrane pieces with parts in the upper register. P.S. There are two versions of this mouthpiece, the "Traditional CM310" and the "Profile 88 CM3108" which differ in the "external angle of the beak."Update: I have worked my way up to a Vandoren V12 2-1/2 reed and I am very pleased with the sound that I am getting. I have settled on a Rovner Versa ligature. Have fun!
pierre veniot
2025-04-20 13:56:13
This is not suitable for classical Clarinet, I am a saxophone player and the resistance matches my saxophones mouthpieces.
Burak U.
2025-03-29 14:02:58
I was looking for an alternative mouthpiece for my Amati ACL 340S G Clarinet for a while. Amati ACL 340S comes with an Amati 14 mouthpiece which when used with a #1 or #1.5 reed gives you beautiful musical results. Given that most the master clarinetists, such as Husnu Senlendirici, in my home country, Turkey, use the Vandoren 5JB mouthpiece, I wanted to try it out. I would say Vandoren 5JB provided a better tone quality as well as a greater volume capacity than the original mouthpiece of the instrument. I highly recommend it for those who are interested in playing Turkish, Middle Eastern, Balkan music.
Bones
2025-03-26 10:50:44
I own two of these mouthpieces. Several years I bought a new clarinet and needed a mouthpiece. I did not like the one that came with the clarinet and the mouthpiece I used on my old clarinet made the new clarinet play flat. So I tried several different mouthpieces from different vendors and this is the one that I like best. I bought a second one for a spare just in case. It plays the same as the first one.
Unanimouse
2025-03-08 12:44:24
Loud and harsh
D.Z.
2025-03-06 10:22:34
I had been practicing traditional clarinet pieces for years, so now I decide to try to play some jazz for fun. It works perfectly with my Buffet R13, deep, rich sound mix with a little bit of wild feeling. I'm using La Voz reeds with this mouthpiece now, any further recommendations with reeds?
Stephen Doudiken
2025-02-21 17:13:32
This is a nice mouthpiece. It is versatile and gives me good control of both tone and pitch. It swings!
Josein Alberto Mallaupoma Misari
2025-02-17 15:44:42
MUY BUENA BOQUILLA
Chambers
2025-02-10 12:21:14
Très bon bec de clarinette beaucoup des grandes jazzman utilisent, juste seul, petit bémol. Manque un petit peu d’infos descriptif sur la page Amazon du jen, l’ouverture du bec qui est a 1,47mm.
Valentin
2025-02-04 19:41:17
Good
neekamv8
2025-01-23 10:26:54
I already had a 5JB, they blow great and are a very good jazz clarinet mouthpiece. The 5JB 88 Lyre is supposed to be better for Saxophone players, which is why I bought one. The beak is longer and the angle of the beak is more akin to a saxophone mouthpiece supposedly. I gotta say the beak on the 88 is pretty close, if not the same as my 7 Otto Link clarinet mouthpiece and frankly I didn't find any noticeable difference, from a playing perspective, to the 5JB I already had. they both project really well have lotsa dynamic range and are great playing pieces. I am using the 88 now, so did I need the 88, as I already had a 5JB? Probably not, either piece works equally well for me but it's a great piece anyways..
Ferdi Efe
2025-01-17 09:57:22
Orjinal güzel ürün almanızı tavsiye ederim fiyat performansı çok iyi
Customer
2025-01-08 11:29:47
The best jazz mouthpiece in my opinion. very free blowing and light with a mellow tone. Use reeds of #2.5 strength and below! Anything higher will produce an airy quality.Great seller, prompt shipping with no problems at all!!Recommend.
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