Vintage Buffet Crampon R13 Bb Clarinet, Moennig Barrel, Cork Overhaul, Nice!

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One of several Buffet Crampon clarinets we are offering for sale:
R13 Bb, s/n
102XXX, 1969, right at the beginning of Buffet’s Golden Era.  Nickel plated with little to no wear, perhaps on some of the posts as usual.  An excellent billet of grenadilla with a nice, tight grain, no cracks or chips, just cleaned and bore oiled.  Just through the shop with all new Ferree’s B17 Du Jour pads on the lower, and Ferree’s premium cork on the upper.  Oiled and adjusted, plays very well with a balanced and even tone, perhaps a bit warmer and darker than some of our other horns, though of course this will vary greatly with your mouthpiece/ligature/reed combination.  Includes a Vandoren B45 mouthpiece, an extra Moennig 650 barrel which is mislabeled as a 670 (alone selling for 9!) and a Vito reed holder w/ four Vandoren #3 reeds.  If you are local, it includes a nearly-full bottle of bore oil, and two tubes of cork grease, but these can’t be shipped due to postal regulations.  All in the period pouchette case which is also in very good condition.
A excellent instrument from an excellent period in excellent condition, and more than ,000 less than brand new!
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