The Clarinéo is based acoustically and mechanically on the clarinet and has the clarinet's beautiful sound. But it is an all-purpose music maker, vastly more practical and versatile than the clarinet.

Professional musicians are only a tiny fraction of those playing instruments — perhaps less than 1%. Even the cheapest student clarinets are based on a design for professional adults that has remained the same for over 100 years. In contrast, the Clarinéo is designed for the remaining 99%, children and amateur music makers. Whatever helps you to enjoy learning has been kept in the Clarinéo's design; whatever hinders progress has been stripped off.

High Quality
But make no mistake! The Clarinéo is not a substandard instrument. It can play (if you can!) the whole of Mozart's clarinet concerto, Trad, Swing, and modern improvised jazz. The Clarinéo has squared the magical musical circle: a beginner's instrument with a professional sound.

What this means in practice is that physical barriers such as weight, holes too large for children's fingers to close, key too far for them to reach have been eliminated.

C Instrument
Another huge difference between the Clarinéo and the clarinet is that the Clarinéo is a C instrument ― as is the piano, violin, guitar, and most instruments while the clarinet is a B-flat instrument. Don't worry about what this means technically, this is how it would affect you in practice:

Imagine you had been learning the clarinet for a few months and could play a few easy tunes. You visit a piano-playing friend to go through an album of tunes from The Sound of Music, perhaps, or Beatles songs. You look over your friend's shoulder to play the song line while she plays the piano accompaniment.

You've practised the pieces and are almost note perfect. But as soon as the piano accompaniment starts EVERY note you play sounds wrong. The reason: the clarinet is a B-flat instrument and the piano is a C instrument. They play in different keys. The notes clash.

Do the same thing with the Clarinéo ― every note sounds right. The piano and the Clarinéo are both C instruments.

Read about the other sensible and practical features that are unique to the Clarinéo and you'll understand why it is such a brilliant new arrival on the music scene.