Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Good student Clarinet. Mine arrived quickly and with the case shown. I played Clarinet all through elementary, junior high & high school, so was fairly advanced. Now 30 years later I missed playing so I looked for an affordable instrument I could play for my own enjoyment and this clarinet is perfect. I was able to start playing right away with ease. It has nice tone and a nice key action. It is not for the professional, but good for a student or for personal use. The mouthpiece is ok, but I may upgrade once I am playing proficiently again. It came with an adjustment screw driver, a pair of polishing gloves, cork grease and one 2.5 Rico reed. It also has two barrels of different lengths, a shoulder strap for the case and information booklet. The finish is "wood", but this is a plastic instrument. UPDATE: I have been playing this clarinet everyday for almost a month and discovered a few things. I upgraded the mouthpiece, which is common with new instruments. I was having trouble with my middle Bb & it sounded like a pad problem. My local music store technician looked at it & confirmed that the keys are "bendy", meaning they are easily bent and thus out of alignment. This is a problem with the metalwork on less expensive instruments. He adjusted it for me & showed me how to be as gentle as possible when taking it apart & putting it together. The adjustment lasted about a week. This can be frustrating for kids learning as they tend to not be gentle & bump their instruments around. It does effect the tone and playability. In hind site I would have spent a little more on a higher quality instrument, but I'll keep this one for now & upgrade if I can't relax & enjoy this one.