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Run away!, May 6, 2006
This review is from: Clarinet Outfit with Case and Carrying
I am a woodwind teacher, and had a beginning student come in with a Sky clarinet. Her parents got it on an on-line auction site for less than $100. She started taking lessons and playing in 5th grade band in August. By december, her parents had to look for another instrument, because the keys and rods on the Sky instrument were made of such shoddy weak metal they kept bending, and had to be constantly re-adjusted. None of the instrument repair shops will touch these off-shore no-name instruments, because the parts aren't standardized and the workmanship is shoddy. Her parents bought a selmer, and it has worked great for her for the last 18 months.
Pleae, Please Please if you are buying an instrument for your beginning band student, talk to your school band director! He/she can give you very good advice on what brands to look for. Brand-new band instruments that are listed for less than [...] are almost always just shiny toys.
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