WoodWind Workshop

BUFFET model R13 professional model. List price: £2,400. Please enquire for an up-to-date discount price. This is a professional instrument - the contemporary equivalent of the former Boosey & Hawkes 10/10 model. In those days one could see from the audience if players in symphony orchestras were using 10/10s or either of the French Buffet or Selmer. The French clarinets had a silver ring round the bell, and by one of those oddities of design the Boosey & Hawkes instruments were always plain wood. The sounds were different too, but both were truly attractive quality and both projected their sound through an orchestra, as is the case today. A truly worthwhile and highly competitive purchase.

We have no photos in hand at present, though the clarinet is almost the same as the Buffet clarinet model Buffet E13 (on this website). The case is the traditional square leather covered box, or the instrument can be supplied with a backpack.

R13 Clarinet