Buffet Crampon E12F Bb-Clarinet 17/6

Necesitaba dar un salto de calidad y tras leer algunas reviews y opiniones de clarinetistas me lancé a por este.

El clarinete viene en su caja original, dentro una funda blanda pero muy consistente que nos podemos colgar como una mochila y donde a parte del clarinete tenemos hueco para las cañas, vaselina, etc. A parte tiene otro bolsillo en el que podemos llevar partituras y algunos elementos más que necesitemos.

En cuanto al clarinete, no puedo decir nada malo de la construcción, madera espectacular, todo bien ajustado y un sonido redondo, la afinación correcta... Adoro las notas graves que consigo con este clarinete, desde el pianissimo al fortissimo suena realmente bien. No es el mejor clarinete que he escuchado, es cierto, pero en relación calidad precio no podría estar más contento.

Pros: Construcción, es un Buffet.
Sonido redondo, cálido y afinado.
Trae un bonito estuche blando, trapo de limpieza y una caña para que puedas tocar desde el minuto 1.

Contras: Que no traiga aunque vaselina aunque sea de muestra, afortunadamente yo tenía pero cuando es un clarinete nuevo hay que untar bien al montar las primeras semanas si queremos que se mantenga como nuevo.

En definitiva un producto recomendable para aquellos que ya lleven un tiempo con el clarinete y quieran dar un salto de calidad y disfrutar del instrumento.

Sit back, this will be a long story)

First of all, the choice of a musical instrument should be done by yourself, having played on several that interest you. But for a number of reasons this cannot be done. And I read the forums, I also asked the Thomann experts for this, where they confirmed to me that the Crampon E12f buffet is the optimal quality for the clarinet learners in terms of price.

I really enjoyed the service in the store. Thomann is a team of professionals
It took 14 days from the moment of ordering to receiving the clarinet (I live in St. Petersburg, Russia). A third of the time was spent on transferring money. I had mistaken with the reason of the payment (reference), but Thomann went to the meeting and accepted the payment for my order, thanks!

Plus 18% (decent amount) to the price were: delivery(40), currency conversion and bank commission (about 20 euros), customs duty (more than 100 euros). Yes, I could buy the same clarinet in Russia. They sell 4-5 years of use clarint at the price of a new one in Thomann )), but I decided it would be better with additional payments but buy a new one

Before that I played clarinets from China, for 50 euros (abs plastic) and 250 euros (wooden). They both turned out to have an uncharacteristic sound, bad response, difficulty in reproducing the upper notes, besides, the wooden one weighed more than 900 grams and sounded out of tune. It was an unpleasant experience, for little money you can't buy a normal clarinet

Now, regarding the model I purchased.
I have never had berfore a good instrument. I am not a good ear of music and Its hard for me to be objective but i'll try:

Sound is definitely better than on chinese clarinets
Now i can play altissimo and know how it sounds )
Playing is easy but switching from b to c (these ones with register key) not so easy as i expected. I will try to solve it in my manner of playing
Now i sense those moments where i need to improve my technique

For me this instrument giving real abilities to improve my skills

Quality of e12f is good enough its pleasure to me play with it, hold it in hands very convinient.

About mouthpiece i have nothing to add, i have two more and later will try clarinet with vandoren 45 and yamaha

Now i realized that all what people say about this model is true.

Thank you guys for giving me this opportunity to play cool

P.S.
I used my previous mouthpiece Vandoren 45 13 and ofcourse its definitely better than Buffet one