Buffet Crampon Group is excited to return to The NAMM Show for the first time since 2020 and is pleased to introduce several new innovative woodwind and brass products for 2023 in Anaheim this April.
ClariMate is the world’s first digital clarinet mute and is designed to afford clarinetists the ability to practice and “play anywhere, anytime.” ClariMate works on any B-flat or A clarinet and is inserted between the mouthpiece and tuning barrel. It features a stand alone mode and also syncs up to the ClariMate app, available on most desktop and mobile platforms. More may be learned about ClariMate by visiting clarimate.us.
The BCXXI B-flat clarinet was introduced in late 2021 to the Buffet Crampon professional clarinet line as a new acoustic paradigm. Featuring a new bore design, the BCXXI features a longer lower joint, improving intonation and allowing the musician to play low E-flat, as well as a long B-flat above the break. Now, the B-flat is joined by the BCXXI professional A clarinet in 2023, allowing players to have a matched set of this exciting new clarinet model. With design input from International Clarinetists Nicolas Baldeyrou and Martin Fröst, the BCXXI A clarinet will be previewed at NAMM and available this summer.
The B&S 795 4/4 CC tuba is a design concept from B&S artist Dan Perantoni (Mr. P.) that was introduced in late 2022 with the idea of offering the tuba community a high-quality CC tuba with a lot of power that is easy to play, very rewarding, and economical for players. Taking blueprints from a York-style inspired design, our engineers were able to create something quite unique by collaborating between our master craftsmen on the research and development team in our German workshops and the brass craftsmen in our company-owned production facility in Beijing, China. The B&S 795 is currently available to any Buffet Crampon USA authorized dealer.
Coming soon, the new B&S MRPC Piston CC Tuba is another great product from the design collaboration between B&S artist Dan Perantoni (Mr. P.) and the B&S Research and Development team. In similar fashion to how the MRPC rotary CC tuba has taken the security of the B&S 3098 (with rotors) to provide a presence uniquely found on a BBb tuba, this design takes the security of the B&S 3198 to do the same thing – but with pistons. The B&S MRPC Piston will be available in May 2023 through the Tuba Showroom.
The new Antoine Courtois 335 Confluence trumpets are a result of the extraordinary meeting of French talents: Clément Saunier, Trumpet with Ensemble Intercontemporain and Antoine Courtois performing artist, Adrian Jaminet, expert French Craftsman/Designer, and our Antoine Courtois Research and Development team. Together, we have produced a series of Bb and C trumpets with an elegant sound representative of French repertoire. The Confluence Series trumpets will be previewed at NAMM and available in May 2023 following the official launch at ITG in Minneapolis.
The new Besson 969 Sovereign Euphonium is the result of our development with International Soloist and Besson Performing Artist, David Childs to provide an instrument that can blend easily with wind bands. By experimenting with many variables, David Childs and our German engineers were able to bring out more core and better response while keeping the sound profile within what is expected from a Besson Sovereign Euphonium. The Besson 969 will be previewed at NAMM and available in Summer 2023.
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