Customer Reviews

Yamaha YRS-20 Soprano Translucent Recorder with Baroque Fingering Translucent Pink

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I've had one of these for more than a year now, and I take it with me wherever I go. There's nothing like an inexpensive plastic recorder for practicing wherever you happen to be. I keep it in my napsack and pull it out whenever I'm at a bus stop or I have to wait for any reason.

This recorder is the best sub-$10 recorder available. It's well-tuned (make sure you keep the head joint pulled out a couple millimeters for the best tuning), has a pleasant sound, and looks fantastic. I've gotten lots of comments on mine. The transparent pink plastic is always a conversation starter. And at such a low price as they're being offered here, how can you lose?

This is the recorder I always recommend to parents who want to get one for their young children. It's dishwasher safe (!) so if it gets gunked up with food or other crud, just pop it in the dishwasher and it's good as new. Ideally you should re-grease the joints with Yamaha recorder grease before reassembling if you do that, though. The only problem I have this this model of recorder is that it doesn't come with a thing of grease like the more expensive Yamahas.

One warning: some other manufacturers make transparent recorders. Don't be fooled! The Yamaha ones are the best available by far.

I got 2 of these for my daughters, as instruments go it is inexpensive and since I wasn't sure how interested they were in learning music thought this would be a good place to begin, and I was right. I already know how to read music so I picked up the basics pretty quickly and then was able to teach my daughter the fingering. My youngest quickly lost interest once she found out I wanted her to read the music. My oldest however played for a talent show, which made her really happy. It is good quality as far as an inexpensive models go, I like how it comes apart for easy cleaning, it's portable- my daughter even brought it with her on a girlscout overnight for a little campfire fun. It has been a really good first instrument.

This is perfect if you want a soprano recorder that's unique and cute without spending much money. I think it makes a good starter recorder to learn on and to see if you're willing to put more money towards the hobby. But it's very playable - much *much* better than ones you'd find at Dollar General and similar stores ! It's also much prettier in person than I expected it to be. (see my customer pics !) I only (really really) wish that it included some kind of cleaning instrument. Because the recorder is see-through you can REALLY see how your spit builds up - and it does.. fast ! The chart that's included is very handy. All in all - I'm very pleased. :)

Got this for my daughter, but I'm a wind player so I've played it some.

The intonation on this "cheap" instrument is very impressive. Also the sound quality is quite good for plastic. Plus, the see-thru pink is really cool (it comes in other translucent colors too).

For the money you can't go wrong.

Very sturdy construction and sounds great. Cant beat the price. I thought it was standard practice to include a cleaning stick to help with the spittle, but this did not.

Bought this for my niece, who is very musically inclined. She LOVES to play it and it was a great price. As my brother said, the recorder works too well!

This thing is solidly made, plays fine, and is a nice shade of pink. I had a Yamaha clarinet for years that I loved too. They really know how to make a musical instrument.

I bought this for my 3 year old who is really into making music right now. She loves the clear pink color and after having it for 3 months it is still in good shape, except for the teeth marks she made at the mouth piece from biting down a bit, which doesn't effect the sound. Only problem, is that a 3 year old with a recorder is loud. lol

This was just what my daughter needed for her recorder class at school and she is definitely the coolest 4th grade girl around with a pink recorder!

These are of surprisingly good quality. My mother was a music teacher - so I've seen and used many of these over the years. The sound is good, they come apart easily for cleaning, they feel, look, and sound nice. I am ordering the other 2 colors right now...