Someone asked for the name of the song on the Buffet-Crampon.com site. So I wandered over and was struck by both the visual beauty of the site and the very nice song. I called Suzy in, the clarinetist in the family, to give the song a listen, but she didn’t recognize it. The Buffet clarinets are some of the finest instruments in the world and most pro’s play one of the Buffet instruments.

The Tosca is the new standard I think. I don’t really keep up with clarinets like I do saxophones. I play a Buffet R-13 Festival. And I’ve tried some of their other offerings; all were excellent instruments with buttery-smooth working key works, and stellar intonation and tone. The fit and finish is top-drawer too.

If you wanted to buy one clarinet that would last the average player the rest of their lives, this could be the instrument for you.

My Selmer Privilege 67 bass clarinet is one such instrument too and moved me from a want to be player into the realm of actually playing the instrument. I’d tried other bass clarinets and couldn’t get the clarion range to play reliably, let alone the altissimo. With this instrument I was immediately able to play the full range of the instrument. Of course the Walter Grabner hand-made mouthpiece didn’t hurt much either.  ;o)