Glory GLY-PBK Professional Ebonite Bb Clarinet with 10 Reeds, Stand, Hard Case, Cleaning Cloth, Cork grease, Mouthpiece Brush and Pad Brush, Black

Great first instrument for a beginner and/or younger child.

I haven't played in (mumbles in coherently) years since I was in High school. My church recently started putting together ensembles to play for special services. I will say I am glad I got this one, I as looking at a few different ones, but this one had the most bang for your buck. The sound is good, the reeds are good for those who lack experience (or are out of practice). A couple complaints I do have and these are minor to be honest is as follows:Unless you are a petite 13 year old girl those gloves will not do you any good. I use them as rags to wipe up excess cork grease now.The other one is the cleaning swab, drop a few bucks and get a drop swab with a weight on it that you can pull through this thing does not get as deep as it needs to.Other than that this is a great instrument to restart or to start playing on.

Excelente instrumento

First of all, it's difficult to rate this "instrument" in terms of stars. I'm an experienced clarinetist and rate it 4 stars because it is an exceptional value, and an experienced clarinetist will be able to play this well and will also appreciate the price point.I understand the logic for a beginner who wants to try out a cheap instrument to see if they'll like learning it, but honestly, this instrument is probably too difficult for a beginner to play. An experienced player will know how to make adjustments to embouchure and instrument care in order to get it to play well. If you play another wind instrument and are considering this one, keep this in mind. So this review is for the experienced player, and this clarinet is well suited for its purpose.The instrument does play in tune. You must use the proper barrel that it comes with. Use the shorter barrel for B-flat and the longer one for A. Be prepared to use all the cork grease and more the first time you assemble the instrument. All new clarinets require this, but this one especially. You'll have to grease, insert a bit, take it out, grease some more, reinsert, etc... until all the joints are flush. You will have to use pressure, but don't force it. Forget the included reeds. You can use Rico Royals or better for a major difference in tone and playability. Reeds above 2.5 don't work well with the included mouthpiece. You can use your own mouthpiece of course, and this will make the instrument sound demonstrably better, but then you won't have a cool colored mouthpiece (unless you opted for the black model in which case this is be a good option.) I bought the pink model and will keep the pink mouthpiece because it looks cool, and it plays well enough. As someone mentioned in a previous review, the instrumental does get easier to play the more it is used. It needs about a five minute warm-up every time it is played before it starts to become reasonably playable. Be patient with this.I am calling this a bona-fide instrument because it does actually play music and you can pretty much include yourself as a clarinetist in most situations. You'll have to apply some extra effort to obtain a respectable tone, but if you already play, you'll be able to do this. Again, using your own mouthpiece and reeds will greatly improve this instrument if the color is not an issue for you.We bought this instrument and other similar colorful instruments to create a fun colorful ensemble. It's a lot of fun.

Found the reeds

Muy buena calidad igual a la imagen y precio increíble a mi hija le encantó!!

When I first got it I really liked the packaging and what it came with it was wrapped nicely but that doesn’t mean that it plays nicely when I first put it together it was very hard and stiff, and I felt like it was gonna break when I started playing it was even worse I couldn’t do a simple G or f it was starting to irritate me so I put it away for the next day now this product came with white gloves that you could wear and I didn’t know what they were meant for so I didn’t play with them the first time the next day, I decided to play with them again, because I wanted to give it a second chance this time I wore the gloves and although the gloves made it a tiny bit better I still couldn’t play certain notes and it was very ridiculous that I had to wear gloves to play the clarinet so I put it away and the next day I started playing again, and it was much better. I was not wearing the gloves this time , but after a couple of minutes of playing, it came very hard so I put it away I I brought it back out when it was my father’s birthday. I was planning to play the happy birthday song to him until I couldn’t play a single note even if I was able to play one, it would sound like a child’s Deas , although I looked at the reviews and even though they were not that good, I decided to give it a shot. The worst mistake I’ve ever made. Do not buy this. It’s very bad and messed up. Please listen to me I think I speak for everyone when I say this is garbage, even if it isn’t bad, at first, it will be eventually I promise

Background:I am a trained classical guitarist and intermediate flutist. I have recently decided to take up clarinet, and wanted a cheaper instrument to see if this worked for me.The good:For an affordable price, you get all you need to play. The instrument fit and look is OK. It includes an usable stand and corck grease. In my example all pads sealed well. However, there are some caveats.The meh:Some keys were slightly higher than other, which is not a big deal to adjust, but I think it's worth mentioning. The gloves are useless, wish they had used that money for some better QC maybe.The bad: OK there are 2 things that almost break the whole instrument and could be easily fixed. First the reeds, they "work" but are very inconsistent, which can be frustrating. Seriously, just include 1 good reeed instead of these 10 mediocre ones and this would be a much better value. Second, and perhaps the worst offender is the stock mouthpiece is a piece of trash, extremely hard to use and not consistent at all to the point of being frustrated. As soon as I put on a Debut mouthpiece my whole experience improved 10 fold, much easier to play and way better tone.In conclusion:I believe that, for the price, this is a good beginner instrument, everything plays out of the box with no serious keyword issues , but you need to spend some extra cash in a better reed and mouthpiece.