| Today, the Raymond family still manufactures bird calls; it is now the fourth generation.
The materials have changed, but the innovative spirit and the pleasure to create is still the same.
Today bird calls are made :
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• Of rubber
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• Of wood (boxwood, hornbeam, beech).
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• Of plastic.
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Of brass, an alloy consisting of zinc and copper, a material that faithfully reproduces sound. Trumpets and saxophones are also made of brass. |
They are ear tested during and after the manufacturing process.
The "Raymond house" is a world renowned bird call maker.
In 1980, Mr.
Maurice Charretier who was then the French Trade and Craft Industry Minister visited the factory with the French President, Mr. Valéry
Giscard d’Estaing.
During the nature and hunting show, in September 2000, the French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin met Bernard Raymond and watched a demonstration on how to use bird calls.
A bird call collection can be seen at the Museum of natural history in Paris.
Great-grandson of Théodore Raymond, founder of Les Appeaux Raymond, factory of bird calls, bernard Raymond is as musician. His friends’ pet name for him is “the musician of the scrubland”, his acute sense of hearing gives him an advantage to create the bird calls.
 His know-how and his talents as a mimic have involved him to take part to TV and radio programs.
Having a passion for his job, Bernard Raymond employs his great grandfather’s machines to manufacture the bird calls. In order to provide high quality products, the bird calls are handmade and individually tested before being put on sale.
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