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Clarinets · Models
Clarinets and clarinet model families.
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Yamaha YCL-CSVR Custom
Clarinet · Japan
A widely played Yamaha Custom clarinet in Bb made of carefully selected grenadilla, known for an even scale, focused tone and consistent quality.
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Buffet Crampon RC
Clarinet · France
The Buffet Crampon RC is a professional Boehm-system clarinet developed in 1975 by luthier Robert Carree. It introduced the RC bore, giving an easy response and a homogeneous sound across all registers, and anchors Buffet's RC bore family. Made of grenadilla and offered in B-flat, A, and E-flat.
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Buffet Crampon R13 Greenline
France
An R13 made from Buffet Crampon's Greenline material, a composite of grenadilla powder and resin that resists cracking from changes in humidity and temperature while retaining the acoustic character of the standard R13.
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Yamaha YCL-650
Clarinet · Japan
A professional Yamaha clarinet of seasoned grenadilla with hand-undercut tapered toneholes, producing a warm, round, resonant sound with specifications close to the Custom SEV at an accessible price.
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Buffet Crampon Tradition
Clarinet · France
The Tradition is a professional Buffet Crampon B-flat clarinet made of unstained natural grenadilla and built in the workshops at Mantes-la-Ville, France. Its cylindrical bore draws on the historic Buffet BC20, and the keywork includes tenons set in metal and a low-F correction key as standard. It is also offered in A.
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Leblanc Cadenza
Clarinet · United States
A professional Leblanc clarinet designed by Morrie Backun with an unstained grenadilla body, a Backun professional bore, ergonomic silver-plated keys and Backun ringless barrels (now discontinued).
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Leblanc Serenade
Clarinet · United States
The Serenade (LCL511S) is a Leblanc B-flat wood clarinet machined from unstained grenadilla aged through a multistage process. It has pro-style keywork, two barrel lengths (66 mm and 64 mm) for tuning flexibility, and a low-E reinforcement bar, and each instrument is set up and play-tested at the Conn-Selmer woodwind factory in Elkhart, Indiana.
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Backun Lumière
Clarinet · Canada
A Backun custom professional clarinet offered in Bb and A in grenadilla or cocobolo, with 18 keys and 6 rings plus an Eb lever and a silver- or gold-plated mechanism.
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F. Arthur Uebel Romanza
Clarinet · Germany
A professional Uebel clarinet noted for its virtuosity and singing quality, with easy response from the gentlest pianissimo to the most powerful forte.
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Buffet Crampon Tosca
Clarinet · France
The Buffet Crampon Tosca is a professional Boehm-system clarinet introduced in 2004 in the R13 bore family. Built from grenadilla with 19 keys and 6 rings, a left-hand E-flat lever, and a low-F correction key, it is prized for harmonic richness and even response, and is offered in B-flat, A, and E-flat.
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Backun MoBa
Clarinet · Canada
Backun's flagship MoBa custom clarinet, named for Morrie Backun, a professional French-system instrument in grenadilla or cocobolo developed with leading clarinetists.
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F. Arthur Uebel Zenit
Clarinet · Germany
A professional Uebel clarinet combining depth of sound and power with sweetness and flexibility, offered with two barrel styles that invite color exploration.
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Yamaha YCL-CSG III Custom
Clarinet · Japan
A Yamaha Custom G-series (CSG) professional clarinet in Bb with a grenadilla body, barrel and bell and the CSG bore design, voiced for a rich symphonic sound.
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Selmer Paris Privilège
Clarinet · France
The Privilège is a professional Henri Selmer Paris B-flat clarinet developed with Paris Opera clarinetist Jérôme Verhaeghe. It is built from grenadilla with a slightly larger bore, a left-hand E-flat lever, and silver tenon sockets, and is also offered in A. An Evolution version adds an internal resin lining for added stability while preserving a traditional wooden tone.
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Backun Protégé
Clarinet · Canada
Backun's student and intermediate clarinet, offered in grenadilla or cocobolo with 17 keys and 6 rings and silver- or gold-plated keywork, bringing Backun design and playability to developing players.
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Buffet Crampon R13 Bb Clarinet
France
The B-flat clarinet in Buffet Crampon's R13 line, a professional grenadilla instrument with the polycylindrical bore introduced in the 1950s. It has long been a standard choice for orchestral and concert-band players.
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Buffet Crampon R13
Clarinet · France
A professional Buffet Crampon B-flat clarinet in the long-running R13 family.
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Yamaha Custom Clarinet
Japan
Yamaha's professional Custom clarinet line, developed with input from leading clarinet educators and performers. It includes the CSVR and CSG III, grenadilla Bb/A clarinets engineered for a refined, focused tone and consistent quality.
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Schwenk & Seggelke Model 3000
Germany
The Schwenk & Seggelke Model 3000 is the top Boehm-system (French) professional line from the Bamberg workshop, fully configurable and handmade from premium tonewoods. It shares its configurator platform with the Model 1000 and 1000+.
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Schwenk & Seggelke Model 1000+
Germany
The Schwenk & Seggelke Model 1000+ is a handmade Boehm-system professional clarinet, an enhanced version of the Model 1000 with extended configuration options. It is part of the Bamberg workshop's French-system range.
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Schwenk & Seggelke Model 1000
Germany
The Schwenk & Seggelke Model 1000 is a handmade Boehm-system (French) professional clarinet. Like all Seggelke instruments it is built by hand in Bamberg from carefully seasoned tonewoods and can be configured to the player's specification.
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Leblanc Bliss
Clarinet · United States
A grenadilla Leblanc clarinet designed with Morrie Backun and clarinetist Julian Bliss to be free-blowing and affordable, with undercut toneholes and ringless Bliss barrel and bell (succeeded by the Serenade).
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Yamaha YCL-450
Clarinet · Japan
An intermediate Yamaha clarinet made of all-grenadilla wood with silver-plated keys and a 65 mm barrel, designed for the advancing player.
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Buffet Crampon E11
Clarinet · France
The Buffet Crampon E11 is the company's entry-level wooden student clarinet, a Boehm-system grenadilla instrument with 17 keys and 6 rings. Reliable and easy to play, it is widely used as a first wooden clarinet and is offered primarily in B-flat.
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Wurlitzer Reform-Boehm 185
Clarinet · Germany
The Model 185 is a professional Herbert Wurlitzer clarinet built on the Reform-Boehm system, which pairs French (Boehm) fingering with a German-style bore and sound. It has full mechanics with 22 keys and 7 rings, an automatic B-flat mechanism, and a fork B-flat, and is offered in B-flat, A, E-flat, D, and C; a low E/F correction variant and premium boxwood and mopane versions are also available.
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Yamaha YCL-255
Clarinet · Japan
A standard Yamaha B-flat clarinet with Boehm fingering and matte ABS resin body.
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F. Arthur Uebel Superior
Clarinet · Germany
A professional Uebel clarinet whose special bore blends the brilliance of the Boehm sound with the warmth and depth of the German tone; offered in B-flat and A and in German or French system.
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Buffet Crampon Festival
Clarinet · France
The Buffet Crampon Festival is a professional Boehm-system grenadilla clarinet that pairs the R13 bore with the register tube of the RC family. Designed with soloists in mind, it offers a powerful, projecting, and flexible sound, and is offered in B-flat and A.
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Schwenk & Seggelke Model 2000
Germany
The Schwenk & Seggelke Model 2000 is a handmade German-system (Oehler) professional clarinet. Its E-flat version received the German Musical Instrument Award in 2013. It is built entirely by hand in the workshop's Bamberg manufactory.
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Backun Q Series
Clarinet · Canada
The Q Series is a professional Backun B-flat clarinet built in unstained grenadilla, with a poly-cylindrical bore, undercut and overcut tone holes, and a carbon-fibre joint ring. Each instrument ships with two Backun Lumiere barrels and a Lumiere bell and is also offered in A. Backun positions it as a traditional French-style clarinet at a more accessible professional price point.
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Buffet Crampon Divine
Clarinet · France
The Buffet Crampon Divine is the flagship of the RC bore family, developed in collaboration with clarinetist Paul Meyer. A professional Boehm-system grenadilla clarinet, it features newly researched acoustics and a low-F correction key like the Tosca, and is offered in B-flat and A.
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Buffet Crampon R13 A Clarinet
France
The A clarinet in Buffet Crampon's R13 line, the companion to the B-flat R13 used for orchestral repertoire written in sharp keys. It shares the line's polycylindrical bore and grenadilla body.
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Buffet Crampon E13
Clarinet · France
The Buffet Crampon E13 is an intermediate/advanced Boehm-system grenadilla clarinet with 17 keys and 6 rings. A step up from the E11, it offers refined tone and intonation for advancing students, and is offered in B-flat and A.