Buffet Crampon R13 Green Line Bb Clarinet, Nickel-plated keys

The Buffet R13, legendary choice of professionals, was created in 1955 by Robert Carree and is the most popular clarinet in the world. The R13 was the first clarinet to feature Buffet's iconic poly-cylindrical bore design, giving it a beautiful, brilliant and focused tone, and allowing for evenness, flexibility, clear response, and excellent intonation across all its registers. Buffet's R13 is the industry standard and a living classic, lending itself to all types of repertoires and ensembles.

The Green LinE series of clarinets was introduced by Buffet in 1994 in order to protect clarinets from the devastating affects of extreme weather conditions such as temperature and humidity. Green LinE clarinets are manufactured the same way as their all-wood counterparts but are made of 95% grenadilla powder and 5% carbon fibers, eliminating the risk of cracking.

Features include:

-R13 poly-cylindrical bore design
-Green LinE body
-Silver or nickel plated keys
-Leather covered attache case

Available in Bb, A and Eb models, and in Green LinE material

All of our professional clarinets are hand-selected at either the Buffet Crampon headquarters in the US, or the factory in France. After hand-selection, the instruments receive a complete set-up in our repair shop. This includes: resurfacing tone holes, pad upgrades, pad reseating and leveling, key fitting, and tension adjustments. Once the set-up is complete, our clarinet repair technician will play-test the instrument to ensure everything is in good working order from a repair standpoint, and then one of our clarinetists will play-test it to ensure everything is good from a player's perspective. We do this at no additional charge for you (work is valued at $450).