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Children's clarinet

Author: Ginger Martin
Date: 2000-01-11 20:36

I recently came across a product called the "Kinder Clari." It's apparently made for very young players/fingers. It's an Eb clarinet minus lots of keys...in fact I think it only has a right bottom side key and F/C key on right, an E/B key on left, an A key, register key and perhaps a left side G#. This is because (presumeably) the other keys won't be needed for beginners.
The small-handed youngster would apparently play out of an alto sax book.
Does anyone know if these things are any good...or is it just a fad to snare hot-house parents into early music lessons?! Does this thing have the same intonation problems as a normal sopranino clarinet? (-that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy- let alone a child!!)
I'd appreciate your expertise.

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