Instrument Loan

• Double basses 

• Alto, tenor and baritone saxophones 

• Range of brass instruments 

• Permanent drum kits, amps and pianos located in jazz rooms 

• A number of drum kits, amps, PAs microphones and keyboards available to book out for personal practice and external gigs 

• Access to a diverse range of models, from Steinway to Bösendorfer and Fazioli 

• A range of period instruments including several single- and double-manual harpsichords, fortepianos, a chamber organ, and a Karen Richter clavichord 

• Organ students will learn and perform on several different instruments, both within the college and at numerous London churches and cathedrals with which we have close relationships 

A range of bowed string instruments, guitars and harps, including period instruments are available for short-term loan. 

Woodwind 

A range of woodwind instruments are available to loan, often on a long-term basis. These include piccolos; alto flutes; bass flute; cor anglais; oboes d’amore; E-flat clarinets; C clarinets; A clarinets; basset horns; bass clarinets; contrabass clarinets in E-flat and B-flat; contrabassoons; and sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones. 

Brass

The department holds a large collection of modern and period brass instruments that students can borrow, often on long-term loan. These include 

piccolo trumpets; E-flat trumpets; cornets; flugel horns; alto trombones; tenor trombones; bass trombone; alphorns; natural trumpets; cornetts; hand horns; and alto, tenor and bass sackbuts. Many of our brass students choose to take a period instrument as a second study. 

Dedicated practice suites for brass and percussion are available, as well as a reed making facility for woodwind.