Bontempi Toy Clarinet for Kids

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.

The media could not be loaded.  It’s great for kids because it’s really cheaply made! Igot it for my autistic brother and he loves being able to hit different notes , pressing different keys while playing

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.

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.

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.

My son loves musical instruments and I had high hopes for this clarinet. Unfortunately the keys began to break off within a week after he received it for Christmas. We couldn't fix them and it's not fun to play a clarinet with no keys. It was cheap and I won't buy any of the other Bontempi instruments.

This is a nice music toy, but it's far from perfect – especially for a three year old (or younger). I'd actually recommend just getting a recorder, which is cheaper and simpler to play.First of all, this toy only makes sound when a button is pressed. So your kid not only has to get the hang of how to blow in it, but they have to have the dexterity to hold a button down at the same time. It would be better if it were more like a recorder (or a real clarinet) which make noise just by blowing, then the buttons/notes can be explored later. I see why this would be difficult given the current design, but it's something for parents to note.Second, the hole you have to blow in is awkwardly placed for a tiny kid's mouth. It's located about a half-inch from the very end of the mouthpiece, so they have to put the whole end of the instrument in their mouth. The hole is also on an angled surface. It would be much better if there were just a hole at the very tip of the mouthpiece (like a recorder or real clarinet.)These two issues combined make it pretty tough for a very little kid to play. I'd wait if you're on the fence about whether or not your kid is ready for it, and maybe just get a simple recorder instead.Otherwise, it seems pretty sturdy overall (though the buttons are pretty flimsy), and once a kid got the hang of it, you can play actual music (I was playing Jingle Bells in about a minute.) It sort of sounds like a kazoo, by the way.

My six year old received this for Christmas. She figured out the color-coded music within a few hours and had the songs that were printed on the back of the box memorized within a couple of days. She loves this toy! She shows off her musical "talent" whenever we have visitors. I agree with other reviews that the materials aren't exactly durable but for the price it makes a good sound. Just had to teach her to be careful with it. Wish Bontempi had a little color-coded songbook so she could learn more songs!

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子供のクリスマスプレゼントに購入。箱が潰れ、擦り切れ、貼られたセロテープは黄ばんでいました。箱の潰れを直すためか、中にはエアークッションが詰め込まれ商品がよく見えません。プレゼントでなければまだしも、ひどい状態で本当にがっかりです。商品説明欄に箱に難ありと書いて欲しいです。

Nicht mehr wegzudenken aus dem Kinderzimmer ++++++++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

oggetto bello, divertente da suonare con i propri figli (non troppo piccolini perchè lo strumento è grandicello e non adatto a manine troppo piccole, diciamo ok per bimbi di almeno 5/6 anni). Il suono è nitido e piacevole.

Lo compre sin saber muy bien que sonido tendria, ya que este tipo de instrumentos-juguetes no suelen sonar muy bien y ni siquiera afinados... Pero para mi sorpresa este clarinete esta muy logrado. Muy bien para que los niños se familiaricen con instrumentos de viento. Hay que soplar lo necesario y bien las teclas. Eso si... Tiene bastante potencia!! ..jej