Meet the Backun Q Bass Clarinet in Maple. Yes… maple. The violin wood. The bassoon wood. The “fancy cutting board” wood. Not the clarinet wood. Normally, bass clarinets are grenadilla (dark, focused, orchestra-ready) or cocobolo (warm, resonant, a little boutique). But maple? That’s new. In this video I put maple head-to-head with grenadilla and cocobolo. You’ll hear how each one projects in a concert hall, what they feel like up close, and why Wagner would have hated maple but Berlioz probably would’ve ordered six. So if you’ve ever wondered what happens when you swap a century of grenadilla tradition for a wood that might also be holding up your coffee table… here’s your answer. The Backun Maple Bass Clarinet is real, it costs under $13k, and it might just be the sweetest bass clarinet you’ll ever hear.