We are missing the gloves, Cleaning Cloth, and Cork Grease that were supposed to be included. The instrument is beautiful and looks well made.

I got this clarinet for my daughter and it helped her while she was learning, once she moved into [playing at the school we up grated it for her.

This clarinet looks good and plays nicely. I ordered it as a travel instrument. But the joints did not fit together when I got it, even with plenty of grease, so I had to sand down the cork myself to assemble it. The shorter barrel still doesn't fit well. Keys also make some noise, but it's not too bad. Quality control is needed.

Truth be told, I know very little about Clarinets myself. I got this for my 9yo to replace the rental that was costing us 3x the price (for just a year!) of this item. When it arrived it was well packaged and very clearly brand new. I didn't see any warping or obvious defects in the build which according to my research seems to be the biggest concern with low cost Clarinets. But again, I'm no expert, so I had it tested by a friend who is a professional multi-instrumentalist AND her band teacher. Both confirmed it was a good quality product and were surprised at how little I paid. The material is not plastic, it's a hardened rubber like material which is much more durable and (per their review) produces a better sound. No, it's not a high end piece and it will likely need a different mouthpiece as she gets more advanced but it is perfect for a begginer-to-mid level performer. Most importantly, she was ecstatic to be able to say she owned her insturment and that was good enough for me. I have no idea yet how far she will want to pursue playing but I'm glad we were able to find a piece for a fraction of the rental cost. Plus, should she decide to upgrade in the future or switch instruments we can sell this one as both people that actually know about these things explained it should have no issues holding up over time.

Disclaimer - I'm an old guy and my experience with Clarinets is ZERO.

This clarinet appears well made, does not seem overly fragile. I do pay attention to where I grab it to twist things together. Everything fit well without needing excessive force to put together.

I understand mechanical things well. I get no sense that this Clarinet is going to come apart soon. All the key actions are smooth and pads seem to land square on the holes. I get no sense that they are not sealing properly. The reason I say this is I did listen to several videos of Clarinets when things are wrong. The issues I relate to had to do with technique and not physical faults in a Clarinet.

As far as sound, here I have no experience, so not much to comment. I have watched several youtube videos and can say mine sounds nothing like what I have listened to. So either my Clarinet is defective or it's me. I'm betting it's me. After playing with some different reeds and now a couple hours on it I only annoy a few neighborhood cats as I continue to sort things out. Initial progress going from no sound to horribly squeaky sound to now ( just work on it ) went fairly quickly. I look forward to to getting better.

The only miss to me is the case. Everything fits in it well but...... There are two zippered pockets, one on top that is tight fitting meaning you could slip some sheets of paper in there and one on the bottom which has some depth to it so you could put supplies in it like reeds, cork grease, cleaning cloth.... The problem is these are all things you would like easy access to while assembling or taking apart the Clarinet. It would have made much more sense to put the bigger pouch on top. This would have given you access to the bits you want while the case is open to get to the Clarinet parts.

So far I think this a really good price for what you get.