Bontempi Toy Clarinet for Kids

We bought the Bontempi saxophone along with this clarinet for my 3 year-old daughter's best friend who absolutely loves it. His 7-year old sister isn't so thrilled because he plays it every waking minute. Fortunately it sounds pretty good for an inexpensive toy so her objection is probably because he's so blissfully happy and what big sibling wants that?? We bought two of these instruments so the little ones could have their own band but we've found big sister playing sometimes too. Busted! Seriously, though, the kids really have fun with it and we hope it fosters a life-long love of music. Cliche? Maybe. But that doesn't mean it can't be true.

This is obviously a flimsy plastic toy, not a real thing. But my 7 year old son has been fascinated by it and has been playing it all the time. He takes it to school and asks his music teacher to help him learn new tunes. He accidentally broke the first clarinet, and I bought another one since he loves it so much. He refuses to play on a recorder, the real clarinet is something too hard for him at the moment. This is his absolutely favorite toy. By the way, he asked for a trumpet first, but got eventually disappointed, since the trumpet toy has only 4 keys and one is limited in what kind of tunes he can play on it. The clarinet has 8 and it is great.

I was disappointed. The box was in terrible condition as I wanted to give this as a birthday gift to my granddaughter. The I instrumentals is of very low quality that doesn't warrant the price charged.

I got one each of the Clarinet, Saxaphone and Trumpet in this line. All three were well enjoyed by my children, and several friends who visited asked where they could be purchased. The buttons that cover the vent holes in the Sax and Clarinet are simple plastic levers. Unfortunately, a rough child can dislodge these pieces, and the pieces are soon lost unless a parent pops them back in. Once a button (or more) becomes lost, it takes more lung power to get a sound, and the music that results is discordant. It would be nice if the box were to include several replacement keys for just such a circumstance. The trumpet's keys seem more resistant to normal abuse.

The tuning was pretty good for being a plastic toy, which allowed me to use this with my 4 year old goddaughter to start playing some songs. If anyone would like some simple sheet music color coded for this instrument, I created some and you can find it here: [...] I'm a piano teacher and use this as one way to assess young children to see if they might be ready for piano lessons. Your child should be able to independently read the colored "notes" to the song and play them in the correct order and should be willing to play songs through 2-3 times in a row to "practice." This is a great demonstration of cognitive ability, attention span, fine motor skills, left and right coordination, and musical interest that are all needed in piano playing. If they are unable to complete this with the children's clarinet, it is very unlikely that piano lessons will be successful.

Worked great for my middle school play about Broadway musicals. A little pricey for one fake instrument, but it's a good size so I kept it. The kids loved it.

My 2 year old son LOVES this toy. Although he can't read the music notes, he still likes to create his own songs... His older brother plays the Clarinet and is always admiring him playing. So this was the perfect gift so that they can play along with each other. He had no issues playing this and the sounds that came out of it were nice! Would recomend!!

My 4 year old LOVES music - particularly making music - however, he is definitely hard on his toys and by Day Two the keys were already falling off this thing. Was a bit pricey to be falling apart after a few days of play. Totally disappointed in the quality of musical instruments available for young learners.