The Buffet Crampon SAS has six brands under which it manufactures the following instruments. The following brands / labels, with the exception of the Buffet Crampon brand, are formerly independent companies whose essential assets, including the name and trademark rights, are owned by other companies and ultimately were acquired partly by Buffet Crampon SAS partly by BC Deutschland GmbH, and which were then dissolved as companies. 3.1 Evette and Evette & Schaeffer clarinets.Through the combination of traditional methods, advanced techniques and listening to the advice of renowned players, Buffet have created a range instruments of artistic and technical excellence. As a company, Buffet Crampon have always made it a policy to employ instrument craftsmen, engineers and sales representatives who are themselves musicians. Įstablished in Paris in 1825, Buffet Crampon has built up a highly respected worldwide brand name producing a range of clarinets of exceptional quality (amongst a range of other wind instruments).įor nearly 200 years, Buffet Crampon have continued to research advanced techniques and design ideas as well as collaborating with renowned artists to create instruments with technical precision and great artistry. To see what this means for you click here. This instrument is made of a CITES Appendix II listed material. Leather pads with metal resonators and cork pads.Unique register key system (bright Bb) / Rubber dampers.Adjustable thumb key with newly designed thumb key system.Synthetic cork on neck tenon with adjusting screw.And all this for a very reasonable price!
Assisted by the unique new register key system, it allows the most demanding musician the ability to play the instrument's entire repertoire with an exceptional freedom and confidence. It has a well-focused sound and vibrant tone. The Tosca has been created with the symphonic orchestras in mind and broadens the spectrum of sound already appreciated in the existing B-flat and A models launched in 2004, and the E-flat model in 2010. The Tosca has an intuitive, soundless mechanism which liberates the artist from the usual constraints imposed by the key action on the lower joint and the movements of the plateau keys of the instrument. It gives players a subtle blend of traditional and new technologies. The Buffet Tosca Bass Clarinet is in keeping with the high standards of Buffet’s celebrated models produced before 1998.