

Not available to purchase on-line without making contact beforehand. Its flexibility lends itself to all repertoires: symphonies or chamber music, soloists, teachers, military bands, students or amateurs.Ĭontact us for more information. Its tone is focused and rich, and it is powerful in all registers. Whatever the conditions, the “Greenline”Clarinet will continue to remain crack free and sound great.īuffet website states “Buffet R13 clarinet- The Legendary Choice of Professionals was created in 1955 by Robert Carrée and is the most popular professional clarinet in the world. Pure wooden clarinets are often prone to split and crack in certain environments, however the “Greenline” models will never do this. The Buffet “Greenline” model clarinet improves the legendary Buffet R13 model even further with their construction from composite material - a blend of Ebony and Carbon Fibre. Original Buffet single case in black leather. Dated around 1999 this top professional clarinet plays effortlessly with a clear, refined Buffet sound. Recently re-padded in premium leather pads and fully serviced, the instrument now plays with a wonderful ease and a beautiful smooth tone throughout. Unfortunately you have the same problem as the greenlines as well you sacrifice having that real ringing tone and the ability to project through a 90 piece orchestra very well, but for $800-$2000 you will not find any better.Lovely example of this Buffet R13 “Greenline” Bb clarinet. Polished silver keys and in all round great condition. They play basically identically to the greenlines. I trialed their A and basset clarinet and the quality is amazing for the price. I would recommend something like the B45 or M13 (I play on an M13 lyre).ĮDIT: If you aren't that concerned about the projecting problem I highly recommend the Ridenour line. Semi-related, if you haven't already upgraded your mountpiece doing that makes a MASSIVE difference in your sound even on a crap horn. I did that twice for my R13 Bb and A clarinets, after playing on my middle school plastic selmer for 9 years. If you are a music student in college you can have all or part of the cost claimed as part of your tuition and get a loan for it. I would personally recommend waiting until you have the money for a regular R13. The sound is a little duller (warmer) and less resonant than the full wooden R13s. Its flexibility lends itself to all repertoires: symphonies or chamber music, soloists, teachers, military bands, students or amateurs. For someone who doesn't plan on playing seriously beyond college it's probably fine, but the horns have a real problem projecting. The Buffet R13 was created in 1955 by Robert Carrée and is the most popular professional clarinet in the world.


I had a friend who played on a greenline R13 for her first few years of undergrad. Sean Osborn's playlist of orchestral excerptsĬlarinet Institute free sheet music (solos and chamber ensemble music)

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