Maker
Buffet Crampon
French clarinet and woodwind maker
Buffet Crampon is a French woodwind maker especially associated with professional clarinets, saxophones, oboes, and orchestral wind instruments.
Models
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Buffet Crampon Orfeo Oboe
Oboe · France
The result of five years of research and development with testers and soloists from renowned international orchestras, the Orfeo joins the Prestige in Buffet Crampon's professional oboe range; offered in grenadilla and Green-LinE composite.
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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.
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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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Buffet Crampon Prestige Oboe
Oboe · France
Launched in 1992 after a complete redesign of the Buffet oboe by luthier René Lesieux and oboist Jean-Louis Capezzali, the Prestige is an anthology professional model offering a wide range of sound colors while guaranteeing the Buffet Crampon sound identity; also made in Green-LinE composite.
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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 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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Buffet Crampon Virtuose Oboe
Oboe · France
A Buffet Crampon professional oboe available in grenadilla, Green-LinE composite and German silver.
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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 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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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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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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Categories
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Clarinets
Clarinets and clarinet model families.
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Double-Reed Instruments
Oboes, bassoons, English horns, contrabassoons, double-reed makers, and related model families.
Representative model
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Buffet Crampon R13
Clarinet · France
A professional Buffet Crampon B-flat clarinet in the long-running R13 family.