They took the idea of movable rings which the These two men, the technician and theĪrtist, worked together. Louis-Auguste Buffet (Jean-Louis’ uncle) met theĬlarinettist Hyacinthe Klosé, a virtuoso musician and a He married Zoé Crampon in 1836 and so theįamous Buffet Crampon brand name was created. In 1830, Jean-Louis Buffet (Denis’ son) took over theīusiness. At that time, clarinets were entirely hand-made, which requiredĪ wealth of experience and craftsmanship.
Well-known in the music world for developing of the excellent 13-keyĬlarinet. In 1825 a French luthier”, Denis Buffet-Auger,Įstablished his workshop right in the heart of Paris. Instruments, from the German-made plastic to their very best clarinetsvinīuffet is now a part of the Boosey-Hawkes Musical Instrument Company ofĬurrent Buffet History as taken from the Buffet-Crampon The Buffet name and logo are engraved on the entire line of Buffet Quality instruments were stamped “Evette & Schaeffer” or “Evette”. Name was only engraved on their best clarinets: the “step up” and student All have subtle differences,Īll are considered to be “top of the line” equals. The “S-1”, the “BC-20” and later the “RC”. “R-13” (“Arthur King”, we call them…) model was soon joined by the He was aware of the fact that not allĬlarinet players agreed on the tone-color of their instrument, so the The American investor Martin Tolchinīought Buffet in the mid 1970’s.
Instruments made between 19 are considered by many to be the A public corporation since 1929, the company was absorbed into Schaeffer” clarinets were the “step up” instruments from Buffet untilĪbout 1980. Paul Evette and Ernest Schaeffer bought the firm in 1885. By 1900, Buffet had a workforce of 200 craftsmen, producing clarinets, flutes and saxophones, all of high quality. Alot of information there too as he has beenįounded in 1839 by Jean-Louis Buffet-Crampon, Buffet clarinets soon became the choice of the majority of the world’s professional players. Check out their website they sell many Buffets and other brands and instruments. A few years ago the owner/tech of contacted me – a lot of this verbage is straight off their website. Not sure where I got this blurb from, probably Boosey & Hawkes (Buffet is now a separate wholly owned company) ( some this information was forwarded to me via email at one time. This list does not include the Evette model clarinets made by BuffetĪp– Fondations Capital acquires Buffet Group togetherįondations Capital announces the completion of the acqisition of Buffet Group for an enterprise value of 58 million euros.įondations Capital has completed the acquisition of Buffet Group for an enterprise value of 58 MILLION EUROS, REPRESENTING 7.9 TIMES LAST TWELVE MONTHS ebitda. Professional clarinets since 1825, factory established 1850. November 2012 – Model Changes from Buffet Academy v Regular (v E&S) Buffet Analysis
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