Specific Required Materials for MBMS Instrumental Music students to have at school for class use daily.

ALL Band and Orchestra Students

• Black Music Folder (available for $10) 2-pocket folder
• Pencil
• Instrument & Accessories (see below)

​ORCHESTRA Students

VIOLIN & VIOLA:

• Shoulder Rest
• Bow
• Rosin
• Cleaning Cloth

​CELLO & BASS

• Students will use school instruments, bows, and rosin.
• Please consider donating to the MBMS Instrumental Music program for the upkeep of school cellos and basses.

​BAND Students

FLUTE

• Cloth swab
• Cleaning rod
• Small cleaning cloth, non bulky

OBOE

• Cloth swab
• At least 2 playable reeds
• Reed holder
• Small container for water (Pill containers work well)
• Small cleaning cloth, non bulky

BASSOON

• Cloth swab
• At least 2 playable reeds
• Reed holder
• Small container for water (Pill containers work well)
• Cleaning cloth

CLARINET/BASS CLARINET

• Cloth swab
• At least 3 playable reeds
• Reed holder
• Pad savers
• Cleaning cloth

SAXOPHONE

• Cloth swab
• At least 3 playable reeds
• Reed holder
• Pad saver
• Cleaning cloth

TRUMPET

• Valve Oil
• Slide grease
• Cleaning cloth

TROMBONE

• Slide Cream
• Slide grease (not the same as slide cream!)
• Water spray bottle
• Cleaning cloth

EUPHONIUM

• Valve Oil
• Slide grease
• Cleaning cloth

TUBA

• Valve Oil
• Slide grease
• Cleaning cloth

PERCUSSION

• Vic Firth SD1 Snare Drum Sticks
• Vic Firth M3 Keyboard Yarn Keyboard Mallets, or, Innovative Soloist IP240 Medium Marimba Mallets
• Vic Firth M6 Hard Phenolic 1” Keyboard Mallets, or, Malletech BB34 Bob Becker Medium Rattan Sylo/Bell Mallets
• Vic Firth T3 Staccato Timpani Mallets, or, Vic Firth T1 American Custom General Timpani Mallets
• Stick Bag
• Percussion sticks and mallets - please click on this link for more information regarding required percussion sticks and mallets. ​

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