Buffet Bb Clarinet - Festival Series

Three internationally renowned artists, Jacques Lancelot, Guy Deplus and Michel Arrignon, collaborated to produce the Buffet Bb Clarinet - Festival clarinet in 1987. It meets the needs of today's musicians and teachers who are faced with the daunting task of interpreting a wide repertoire of works from Mozart to Boulez. The Buffet Bb Clarinet - Festival Clarinet belongs to the R13 poly-cylindrical bore family, giving it a focused, ringing and fluid response across all registers. Additionally, because the body of the clarinet is crafted from a very dense cut of African blackwood, the Festival produces a warm and rich tone.   Festival vs. R13The Buffet Festival is actually based on the R13 design. In 1987, 2 years after the R13 Prestige model debuted, Buffet designed the Festival with input from 3 professional players: Jacques Lancelot, Guy Deplus and Michel Arrignon. Together, they took the design concepts of the R13 and manufacturing improvements of the Prestige and modified them to f