The instrument area has four categories: woodwinds, brass, percussion, and jazz equipment.

 
1.     Woodwinds contain instruments which primarily students own, and instruments schools provide.  An appropriate inventory is one with the following provided by the district:

*school piccolos available for 8^th grade and two high school bands (3 in all)

*2 bass clarinets available for the 7^th, 8^th, concert, and

symphonic bands (8 in all)

* 1 contrabass clarinet available for the concert and symphonic bands

*1 alto saxophone available for the 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, concert, symphonic, and jazz bands (6 in all)

*1 tenor saxophone available for the 7^th and 8^th grade bands, and 2 tenor saxophones available for the concert, symphonic, and jazz bands (8 in all)

*1 baritone sax available for the 7^th, 8^th, concert, symphonic, and jazz bands. (5 in all)

*1 oboe available for the 6^th, 7^th, 8^th grade bands, and 2 available for the concert and symphonic bands (7 in all)

* 1 English horn available for the symphonic band

*2 bassoons available for the 7^th, 8^th, concert, and symphonic bands (8 in all)

*1 contrabassoon available for the symphonic band

2.     The brass section contains instruments which primarily students own, and instruments schools provide.  An appropriate inventory is one with the following provided by the district:

*2 fluegelhorns for the jazz band

*1 piccolo trumpet for the symphonic band

*2 cornets for the 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, concert, symphonic, and jazz bands (12 in all)

*4 French horns for the 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, concert, and symphonic bands (20 in all)

*10 mellophones for the high school marching band

*3 trombones for the 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, concert and symphonic bands (15 in all)

*Bass trombones for the symphonic and jazz bands (2 in all)

*2 baritones for the 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, concert and symphonic bands (10 in all)

*2 ¾ size tubas for the 6^th grade band, 2 ¾ size tubas for the 7^th grade band, 1 ¾ size and 1 full size tuba for the 8^th grade band, and 3 full size tubas for the concert and symphonic bands (5 ¾ size and 7 full size tubas in all)

*6 marching sousaphones

3. The percussion section requires an inventory for varying

musical repertoire, and includes:

*2 concert snare drums for the 6^th and 7^th grade bands, 1 concert snare for the 8^th grade bands, and 2 concert snare drums for the concert and symphonic bands (5 in all)

*1 concert bass drum for all grades

*2 sets of crash cymbals for the 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade bands,

and 2 sets of crash cymbals for the concert and symphonic bands (4 sets in all)

*5 high-tension marching snare drums

*6 tuned marching bass drums

*2 tenor drum sets

*2 sets of marching cymbals

*1 small suspended cymbal

*1 large suspended cymbal

*1 marimba

*3 xylophones

*4 timpani

*1 set of concert chimes

*2 sets of bells

*1 vibraphone

*appropriate mallets, hammers, and sticks for all instruments

*appropriate stands for all percussion equipment

*mallet and percussion equipment wall-hung storage,

with spots designated for all mallets and other equipment

*auxiliary equipment including: maracas, claves,

gong, triangle, woodblock, ratchet, guiro, whip crack,

temple blocks, finger cymbals, vibraslap, windchimes

*1 drumset for use with jazz band, others when needed

*2 pianos (tuned annually) for accompanists and jazz band

4.     The jazz band uses amplified instruments:

            *electric bass amplifier

            *electric guitar amplifier

            *electric keyboard

            *electric keyboard amplifier

Lockable storage units should be available for all student and school-owned instruments.