Customer Reviews

Conductor Bb Clarinet w/ Accessories and 1 YEAR Warranty

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I was renting to own a new vito clarinet, one of the more expensive brands, original price $897. at $59.24/mth for 21 mths total cost being $1,072.47. I thought why am i paying this much for a clarinet?
well I wasn't I was paying for the name. so I decided to search my favorite website AMAZON of course and I ran accross the conductor Bb clarinet for $99 bucks and I thought yea right, whats the catch? but I put my skepticism to the side and took a chance. to my surprise it works just as well as the vito and still is! my daughter whos 11 now loves it. So if you are looking for a very good clarinet for a much cheaper price the conductor is a wonderful choice. dont waste your money buying a name. I recommend this for the new buyers especially.

I purchased this clarinet from The Instrument Store and I cannot believe what a high quality instrument it is and what an incredible value. I could not afford to rent from my local music store and this clarinet was well within my budget and it exceeded all of my expectations. I would recommend this highly to any parent looking to buy for their child student.

Very good clarinet, for beginner or even someone who plays. Mouth-piece comes with reed and carrying case is good. Came in new condition as specified. Very good price and shipping time. Very good buy and worth the money. This is a good buy!

I am a 6th grade beginning band director. One of my students purchased this instrument. The reason it is cheaper than the "Name" brand instruments is because it doesn't work. When I played the instrument it was very difficult to get air through the mouthpiece. It is a terrible mouthpiece. If I can't get air through it, a petite young girl is never going to get air through it. Second, as I played the instrument, pitch was all over the place. The open "G" note (no keys pressed down" was so sharp in pitch that it was registering on the electronic tuner as the next higher pitch (G sharp), however the next pitch down (an "F") was a quarter-tone flat. I could not find a single pitch that was in tune on the entire instrument. One would be sharp, the next three flat, then two really sharp, etc.

There are many instruments being manufactured by overseas companies that are cheap in price, but they do not work. They do not make the parts to any specifications, so when a part goes bad, it can not be fixed. It has to be replaced. It is basically a "disposable" instrument. This lack of specifications is also what causes the instrument to play out of tune. No student can have success on such an instrument, because they can not match pitches with the other students.

A good student model clarinet is going to cost $600-800 brand new. Like most things, the more you pay, the better the quality. You can usually find good instruments for less if they are used, but have a reputable music store evaluate the instrument to tell you if it is of a useable quality. There is nothing more frustrating and defeating for a young musician than an instrument that will not work properly. A good music store will rent you an instrument on a month-to-month basis, with rent-to-own terms, and without charging you interest. The music store our school does business with does not charge any interest on their rentals. There is a $1-2 per month insurance charge, but no interest. If your music store will not give you similar terms, they are not committed to you or your school's music program.

We were very pleased with the quality for the money for this instrument. Our daughter is in 4th grade and her band teacher tried it out and also thought it was a bargain. This was a major hit on Xmas morning.

this is a awesome clarinet. well of course it had to be broken in i thought " Dang it! it doesnt work " for the reason that i had my clarinet concert on the day i got it. it could not produce a low G. but i found out later it was just the mouth pice i was using the one that it came with i wasent used to it yet. so i poped on my own mouthpice and ligture and it was perfect. but thats just a personal reason. i hope you take this in to consideration when you buy it. oh one more thin when you zoom up on the picture on amazon you gives you a picture of a hard case its not a hard case its a fether light weight one

this is a good clarinet for beginner students. I got mine and it works really good. I recommend though if its your first time get your instructor to help u put it together for the first time because its hard to put together on the first time. besides that its find except for i found no place to put the strap it comes with.

I used to have a review saying that it had no mouthpiece. i was wrong. It came with a mouthpiece. I just couldn't find it.


Anyway, this is a great clarinet,the sound is great and use it for band class.


5/5

this is one of the best purchase I ever made .It was a present for my daugther and she ejoys play it because everything is amazing:the size,the sound,the quality and the price.I higly recomended.!!!

We got the clarinet in July and school band started in mid-August. First thing in September, the clarinet was broken and we have to send it back for repair. Although we don't have to pay for the repair (it comes with 1 year warranty), it does cost us $15 for shipping and three weeks.