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 Buffet Crampon Reeds - age?
Author: Plonk 
Date:   2021-01-30 17:26

I just bought a brand new box of Buffet Crampon Reeds on Ebay. Clearly they are of some vintage by the style of the packaging, although obviously not absolutely ancient as they were cellophane sealed and come in little plastic wallets of 5 reeds.
Anyone have any idea how old they might be, just out of curiosities' sake?
This is what they look like
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/78IAAOSwFa9fxWga/s-l500.jpg

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 Re: Buffet Crampon Reeds - age?
Author: graham 
Date:   2021-01-30 18:34

Late 80s and 90s

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 Re: Buffet Crampon Reeds - age?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2021-01-30 20:26

They're just Vandorens with the Buffet logo printed on them. They'd put a box in with new Buffet clarinets and saxes and most were neglected.

They could usually be found in bargain bins in most woodwind specialists back then (mid '80s to late '90s when the B&H Group's colour was burgundy) along with Yanagisawa ebonite sax mouthpieces and other things that often got left behind when someone bought a brand new instrument, so well worth having a rummage through bargain bins and picking them up for very little.

Same with Selmer Soloist reeds which were also blue box Vandorens but with the Selmer logo screen printed on them.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2021-01-30 23:28)

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 Re: Buffet Crampon Reeds - age?
Author: Plonk 
Date:   2021-01-31 01:55

Brilliant thanks! Looks like got a bargain then at less than half the price of a modern box!

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