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Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2016-10-18 01:52
I'm interested in maybe getting a Buffet B12 for outside work.
On eBay I saw a Buffet B18 listed new for sale and the posting said it was the European version of the B12 and was the same in every respect except fore the case.
That said does anyone know if its fact or fiction?
Would you go on then and get one of these B18's?
Thanks
Ben Shaffer
GSO,NC
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-10-18 23:47
Buffet have sold their student clarinet model B12 in Europe for very many years, probably in excess of 25.
The actual design has varied over those years but model I/D stayed as B12.
Personally in 50+ years playing in UK I have never heard of a "B18"
So Beware !
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-10-19 01:09
The B18 from what I gather is the B12 for the Australasian market.
The B12 has evolved over time - it was originally the plastic Evette, then the B&H Regent II (with a B&H Regent shaped bell), then in the mid '80s it became the Buffet B12 and minor cosmetic changes to it were made over time, then for a while there was the Schreiber 6010 with the wrap around speaker key and now the B12 has become the Buffet Prodige.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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