Vintage 1978 Buffet Crampon R13 Clarinet

One of several professional clarinets we are offering for sale. This is a Buffet Crampon R13 in Bb. S/n 189XXX makes this a 1978—a great vintage instrument right at the end of Buffet’s Golden Era. It is in excellent condition:  silver plate rather than nickel—a $671 upgrade right now—and about 99.9% with little if any wear at all. Nice billed of grenadilla with a tight, straight grain and no chips, cracks or repairs. Tenons are square with no wobble between joints. While we usually overhaul all our instrument, the pads on this one are in such good condition that it needed very little other than bore oiling, adjusting, and three new tenon corks to get it into excellent playing condition. Big, dark sound with an open feel and excellent projection.  Cork grease and key oil are for local pickup only and will not be shipped, but it does include a silk swab, new ProTec microfiber cloth, and the Buffet pochette case which is itself in very good condition.  A great clarinet from a sought-after year at a couple hundred less than most of our other R13’s, and about $3,000 less than new!