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[[File:BC bcl obda tromp-h.jpg|thumb|240px|Basset clarinet, oboe d'amore, highpiccolo trumpet]]

[[File:BC Euphonium.jpg|thumb|240px|Euphonium]]

[[File:BC Bariton Sax.jpg|thumb|150px|Baritone saxophone]]

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* '''Parmenon:''' [[transverse flute]]s

* '''Verne Q. Powell:''' Flutes and [[piccolo]]s

* '''[[Antoine Courtois]]:''' [[trombone]]s, [[flugelhorn|fugelhorns]]s and saxhorns[[saxhorn]]s

* '''Besson:''' [[trumpet]]s, trombones, [[cornet]]s, [[alto horn]]s, [[tenor horn]]s, [[baritone horn]]s, euphoniums and [[Tuba|tubas]] in E{{flat}} and B{{flat}}

'''BC Deutschland''' also has six brands under which the following instruments are manufactured.<ref>look External links "German brands"</ref>

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* '''B&S:''' Trumpets, trombones, cornets, flugelhorns, tenor horns, baritone horns and tubas

* '''Hans Hoyer:''' Simple horns, [[double horn]]s, [[triple horn]]s, [[descant horn]]s and [[Wagner tuba]]s

* '''[[Melton Meinl Weston]]:''' flugelhorns, baritone and tenor horns, [[bass trumpet]]s, tubas and [[cimbasso]]s

* '''J.Scherzer:''' B{{flat}} and C trumpets and high trumpets

* '''W. Schreiber:''' Clarinets in B{{flat}} and C (one model) with German fingering (Oehler), bassoons and [[contrabassoon]]s

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* in '''Markneukirchen:''' all brass instruments of the Buffet Crampon Group are manufactured in the two factories there, with the exception of the Besson student instruments and the "high end" instruments of the Melton Meinl Weston brand, as well as student clarinets of the Buffet Crampon brand and all instruments of the brands W.Schreiber and J. Keilwerth.

* in '''Geretsried''': near Munich: the instruments of the brand Melton Meinl Weston (R&D center for all brass instruments of the group)

* in '''PekingBeijing''': brass instruments for beginners

* in '''Shanghai:''' woodwind instruments for beginners

* in '''Maynard''': Massachusetts: VQPowell flutes

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=== 2010 to the beginning of 2021 ===

In 2010 the newly founded Buffet Crampon Deutschland GmbH, Markneukirchen, acquired the production facility in Markneukirchen and the brands W. Schreiber and Julius Keilwerth from the insolvency of Schreiber & Keilwerth GmbH, after the insolvency administrator had reduced the workforce in Markneukirchen from 252 in the previous months Employees had reduced to 134.<ref>Martin Hofmann: [https://www.musiker-board.de/threads/buffet-crampon-uebernimmt-schreiber-keilwerth.402436/ ''Buffet Crampon übernimmt Schreiber & Keilwerth.''] 11 August 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2019.</ref> The company manufactured clarinets of German systems and bassoons under the brand name W. Schreiber and saxophones under the brand name J. Keilwerth. In 2012, BC Germany also takes over B&S GmbH, which also produces in Markneukirchen, the leading European manufacturer of brass instruments with 250 employees and the brands B&S, Hans Hoyer, Melton, Meinl, Weston and J. Scherzer and integrates them into the company,<ref name="Blechblasinstrumente">{{cite web | title=Buffet Group übernimmt B&S | website=Blechblasinstrumente | url=http://www.showroom-geretsried.de/showroom-blechblasintrumente-newsmeldung/items/buffet-group-uebernimmt-bs.html | language=de | access-date=8 March 2021 | archive-date=April 10, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410220329/http://www.showroom-geretsried.de/showroom-blechblasintrumente-newsmeldung/items/buffet-group-uebernimmt-bs.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> whose workforce will grow to more than 400 employees (470 at the beginning of 2021).<ref name="oberland-jobs.de 2021">{{cite web | title=Jobs von Buffet Crampon Deutschland GmbH | website=oberland-jobs.de | date=3 March 2021 | url=https://oberland-jobs.de/arbeitgeber/buffet-crampon-deutschland-gmbh-51260 | language=de | access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> With these two most important acquisitions in the company's history, the Buffet Group can almost double its sales and has since taken a leading position not only in the field of woodwind instruments, but also brass instruments.<ref name = "GK">Gisbert König, ''Eine Reise durch die deutsche Klarinettenbaulandschaft'' (''A journey through the German clarinet making landscape'') in 'rohrblatt - die Zeitschrift für Oboe, Klarinette, Saxophon und Fagott (the magazine for oboe, clarinet, saxophone and bassoon) 38 (2023), vol. 3 p. 07-117, [[:File:GisbertKoenig Reise.pdf|PDF-file]], here p. 107-109 Buffet Crampon Deutschland]</ref>

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In 2012, {{not a typo |Fond|ations}} Capital France SAS becomes shareholder in Buffet Group SAS. {{not a typo |Fond|ations}} Capital is a subsidiary of Trail, a European private-equity company with registered office in Paris.

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| Prodige || ABS resin ||Newest student model

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| 1180 || GrenadilGrenadilla || Student model bass cl.

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| RC || Yes || Evolved from the R13 model with distinctive barrel and bell shape; developed in 1974 with the assistance of the luthier Robert Carrée, for whom the model is named<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/our-story/|title=Our Story - Buffet Crampon|website=www.buffet-crampon.com|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref>

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| Vintage || No || Replaced the S1; closer to the original 1950's1950s R13 bore design

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| Festival || Yes || Has R13 bore with denser wood; register key is 1&nbsp;mm higher than on a standard R13; has additional alternate left-hand E{{flat}}/A{{flat}} lever

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| R13 Prestige || YesNo || Made from highest quality unstained grenadilla wood; has additional alternate left-hand E{{flat}}/A{{flat}} lever

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| RC Prestige || Yes || Smaller bore than R13 model; more popular in Europe; has additional alternate left-hand E{{flat}}/A{{flat}} lever

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[[Category:CompaniesFrench companies established in 1825]]

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