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SUPPLIES

Band Supply List
For all Students
  • Name tag for instrument case
  • Instrument
  • Folder and Music
  • Pencils
Flutes 
  • Cleaning rod
  • Cotton cleaning cloth
    • old t-shirts are great for this 
Clarinets & Saxophones
  • Cleaning Swab
  • Mouthpiece Guard
    • highly recommended, plastic mouthpieces can break very easily if dropped on a hard surface 
  • Cork Grease
  • Reeds
    • 6th Grade: size 2 1/2 to 3
    • 7th Grade:  size 3 to 3 1/2
    • 8th Grade:  size 3 1/2 to 4
**When buying reeds it is more cost effective to buy half of a box so your child will have extras when they break or get worn out.  Also, please be aware as your child advances as a musician they will need to move up to harder reed sizes.  I will inform you and your child throughout the year whenever this needs to happen.
 
Recommended Reed Brands:  "Rico" "Vandoren" and "Mitchell Laurie"
 
**Please note that some brands of reed may be more expensive but they are of high quality and will provide the best results as your child learns to play their instrument.  Brands that are not as expensive tend to be of lesser quality and can hinder your child's ability to achieve success. 
 
Trumpets 
  • Valve oil
  • Slide grease (for tuning slides)
  • Cleaning cloth
  • "Snake" cleaning rod
  • Small cleaning brush
Trombones
  • Slide oil
    • "Slide O Mix" is a great brand
  • Tuning slide grease 
  • Cleaning cloth
  • "Snake" cleaning rod
  • Small cleaning brush
Music Books (Required Class Material)
  • 6th Grade:  Essential Elements Book One
  • 7th Grade:  Essential Elements Book One (from last year) and Essential Elements Book Two
    •  We will be finishing up Book One in the Fall
    • We will start working in Book Two later in the year
Local Places to Buy and Order Supplies
  • Musicians Toy Store 403 Jacksonville Mall,  Jacksonville, NC  910-577-6700 
  • Finkelstein Music  6 South Front Street, Wilmington, NC  910-736-7377
  • Modern Music Inc.  2340 South 17th Street, Wilmington, NC  910-791-4799
  • www.musicarts.com