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Clarinet

Buffet Crampon B12

Name: Buffet Crampon B12
Brand: Buffet Crampon

Buffet Crampon · B12

Price: 113 EUR – 870 EUR

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Availability: 9/10 (Common)

Widely regarded as the best-known and most respected student clarinet ever made, built in Germany from durable ABS resin with the reliable intonation and focused tone Buffet's professional instruments are known for, scaled to a beginner price.

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About the Buffet Crampon B12

The B12's ABS resin body resists humidity and temperature swings that would crack a wood clarinet, an important practical consideration for an instrument that will spend years in school lockers and instrument cases. Metal tenon rings and nickel-plated Böhm-system keywork across 17 keys and 6 rings sit atop a 65mm barrel tuned for a focused, crisp tone despite the beginner-friendly body material, and double fishskin pads provide the seal quality typically found on wood clarinets a tier above.

Buffet's reputation for reliable intonation and centered tone on its professional instruments carries through to the B12 in scaled-down form, which is precisely why it earned its standing as the default recommendation for school band programs for decades - a genuinely capable instrument rather than a compromise made purely for durability.

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Sound character of the Buffet Crampon B12

Despite its durable ABS resin body, the B12's 65mm barrel is tuned for the focused, crisp tone Buffet's professional instruments are known for, and double fishskin pads give it a seal quality more typical of a tier-above wood clarinet - a genuinely centered sound rather than the thinner tone common on other beginner-priced instruments.

Crisp Midrange-forward

Technical data for the Buffet Crampon B12

Body	ABS resin, made in Germany
Keys/Rings	17/6, Böhm system
Keywork	Nickel-plated
Pads	Double fishskin
Barrel	65mm

Price history for the Buffet Crampon B12

Cheapest seen: 113 EUR · Most expensive seen: 870 EUR

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The history of the Buffet Crampon B12

Now succeeded in Buffet's current catalog by the Prodige and Premium models, the B12 remains widely available used and was reissued in 2025, a testament to how firmly it established itself as the standard student clarinet recommendation.