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8.8
9.4
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Five Star Reviews:

74%
Best buy this year
August 21, 2017
I bought this for my 3 year-old grandson and he just loves it. To be honest I really don't know what this instrument is used for. I saw it on Amazon while I was searching for a flute for my grand-daughter. It was within my budget so I purchased it and I am glad I did. The flute has provided my family with hours of entertainment.
Good quality
December 26, 2016
Quality seems to be great. Holds up well with daily use and when it acts as the occasionaly weapon for my kids. Never used the cleaning brush but its more of a stick than a brush. Kids love it and i loved the price color options and quality!
Beautiful Instrument
December 14, 2016
This is a beautiful instrument for a great price! My daughter received so many compliments, from her classmates, the first day she used it. It is a really nice color and sounds great. The clear case is an additional bonus. ❤
Worth the money. good sound.
November 4, 2016
For my son. Now he won't stop! lol that's okay, I'm loving the sweet sound in my house.
Good Price, Plays Great, Nice Color
October 31, 2016
My daughter loves it. Plays well and nice color, other than just black or white.
Five Stars
October 24, 2016
My niece loves the color and uses it for her music class
81%
Awesome for 7 dollars!
September 11, 2017
I decided to learn to play music and bought this, and its awesome! It's only around 7 dollars and it sounds amazing! I can play all sorts of songs and it has a really cool pouch that I keep it in. I can't recommend this enough! It's awesome! Feels really well made. The only con I have is that one of the holes is off a bit which seems odd, I don't know if recorders are supposed to have that but it's a little weird, but besides that it's awesome and great for anyone to learn to play songs and annoy your neighbors!
Perfect for older kids (too loud for 3 year old)
August 15, 2017
Works great, my toddler is a bit scared of it because it's very loud. Of course he's only 3 so his breath control isn't great. That's just because he's a bit too young for it now. It's be very well made and solid feeling.. It'll last a long time so maybe when he's in school if they still have mandatory recorder learning by then.
Great Noise
July 18, 2017
These are very nice, very noisy, but nice!! My two boys (ages 12, 11) love these. I had to make them go outside after the first couple of minutes, but they are very happy with them. I am going to try to look up some music online so that maybe they can actually learn to play something instead of just making noise. ;)
Pretty clear blue color
March 13, 2017
We needed to get this for elementary school. It seems to be just like the one I learned to play in grade school, only its so much prettier!! My daughter loves it and is leaning how to play songs in school. It came with a clear vinyl case to keep it clean and from getting scratched up in her backpack.
Well made and properly tuned Soprano Recorder
December 12, 2016
Perfect model for children to learn with. This Yamaha is well made and tuned properly
Well made and not annoying if you're the one playing it
February 25, 2016
Pros:* Multiple joints that slide well, easy to tune and adjust pinky holes* Sounds just like I remember from 20 years ago* I learned how to play the Harry Potter song and I can reliably get 70-80% of the notes correctCons:* My roommates have it made it clear that they don't think learning recorder is something a grown man should be doing

Four Star Reviews:

12%
Nice item
October 14, 2017
It is what it is and every parent hate that message from the teacher, “kids will be in a recorder concert this year.” Ugggg, not again. But it’s a plastic recorder and does the job.
Happy camper...
June 9, 2017
Daughter loves it!
The kids love em, we hate em
June 8, 2017
Don't know anything about flutes. The kids love em, we hate em.
Buy it with this Caveat
January 22, 2017
Very cute but since it's made out of porcelain, I wouldn't recommend it for a young child. My daughter chipped hers within a week just by handling it the way small children do.
Not bad at all however for the price and the student ...
January 21, 2017
Pitches are just a tiny bit off. It's one solid tube, and I'm not crazy about the alignment of the holes in the lower segment. Not bad at all however for the price and the student was very happy.
Perfect starter instrument for my daughter
December 29, 2016
Perfect starter instrument for my daughter! She loves the turquoise color. She does have to clean it quite a bit, I'm not sure if that's normal for these types of instruments but I'm very glad it came with a cleaner.
13%
I don't know what was more satisfying; When I ...
August 19, 2017
I don't know what was more satisfying; When I played a harmonizing solo, or when I "accidentally" sat on it.
Sounds good, but no cleaning stick.
August 7, 2017
This sounds very good. Got this for our daughter. We were a bit disappointed that it didn't come with it's own cleaning stick.
Good product for basic school recorders!
July 21, 2017
Good product for basic school recorders. I bought extras for our school for the kids who could not afford one for themselves so the music teacher was very happy to receive them. No bells and whistles which is fine. I will buy again.
I bought it against my better judgement. It works great but I recommend also ...
April 13, 2017
This was required for my daughter's music class. I bought it against my better judgement. It works great but I recommend also buying ear plugs or noise canceling headphones.
Good quality recorder
January 16, 2017
Granddaughter likes it; her parents don't :-) Not sure if she actually uses it much or not but I'd say it's good quality at a good price. I'd recommend it.
Sturdy product
January 14, 2015
We bought this for our almost 5 year-old daughter, she has been asking for one for a while. I wanted to get her an actual instrument and not a toy recorder. I am going to have to find out how to make music with it to teach her. I am happy with the sound it makes and it seems durable. It recommends wiping it out after every use but does not come with an appropriate cloth to do this with. This is why I would give it only 4 stars...I would have been willing to pay a few dollars extra for it to have come with something that could be used to wipe it out with (I am thinking that an appropriate tool exists, but now I'll probably have to buy it from a music store or something).

Three Star Reviews:

5%
... needed a recorder for music class and I didnt like the idea of her using the schools
November 6, 2017
I bought this because my daughter needed a recorder for music class and I didnt like the idea of her using the schools. This worked over all but it's made out of plastic and not a sturdy plastic. It was dropped and now there is a crack where the finger and mouth piece connect. I guess for the price I couldn't expect more. Definitely not made with the quality that my recorder was made with. This is more of a jade color than a green color but it's still pretty and my daughter was happy with it, so that's all that matters.
More green than Monty blue
July 21, 2017
Color in picture is not the true color. It appears to be a light minty blue, but is actually more green. No big deal though...just a head's up if you were looking for a certain color.
Decent recorder, broke too easy
June 23, 2017
It served it's purpose for the length of my daughters music introduction on recorders. Son stepped on it barefoot and it broke very easy.
Eh. It's pretty but delicate
February 14, 2017
broke after being dropped on the floor by another child at school from a height of like 3 ft. It seemed like it was very thick heavy duty product but it snapped like a twig. I guess not the greatest for elementary schoolers.
Decent... not a fan of the label ...
December 16, 2016
Decent... not a fan of the label on the front, but it is what it is. Gets the job done.
Missing part
November 18, 2016
I would have given this 5 stars because it is a very nice recorder except, the case it comes in was open and there was no cleaning rod
3%
Three Stars
June 25, 2017
good product for the price, is very sensible, any way is really cheaper and good for the price
nice and smooth
May 23, 2017
nice and smooth. i wish the holes could be more easily felt by the fingers. perhaps it is my fault, i'm a beginner, but i'm having difficulty keeping the holes totally covered.
Three Stars
April 13, 2017
Perhaps it's just me, but I don't recall my recorder in high school being as screechy.
Toy, not an instrument.
February 18, 2016
It's only $6 so it's not exactly a huge loss but I just don't remember recorders being so low quality in tone and feel. This requires extremely soft air flow to play notes properly otherwise it just squeals like crazy. Might be good for your kid learning in school but don't get this if you plan on doing anything serious with it.
Good
December 18, 2015
Not as good as I would have liked, it leaked air and tones are not consistent.
wrong color!
October 23, 2013
It clearly stated a blue, as seen in picture recorder. We recieved a bright turquoise recorder for my son to take to school. Wouldnt have purchased if knew the color would be different. The reason we purchased this one was to have a blue recorder. Disappointed in the description of the product and what we actually recieved

Two Star Reviews:

3%
Broke after having only 2 days.
September 24, 2017
This item broke in half within 2 days 😕
Two Stars
June 30, 2017
C was out of tune...
Two Stars
April 10, 2017
overpriced flute
Did not work for school related use. The music ...
March 12, 2017
Did not work for school related use. The music teach told her it was out of tune, the hole was too big. So ticked, especially since others said it worked in school for their child.
While this is a pretty recorder and seems to play fairly well the quality ...
February 9, 2017
While this is a pretty recorder and seems to play fairly well the quality is not very good. My daughter had this one day and was holding it and it broke. She was not rough with it in anyway. I am really disappointed because the reviews were good for this instrument.
Broken
October 22, 2016
It looked like a nice instrument but It was broken upon arrival
1%
Two Stars
July 20, 2017
It's not in perfect tune, unfortunately. It works for kids, but not if you want to play for real.
Did not come with a cleaning rod.
March 7, 2017
I had to buy a cleaning rod at a music store, and it cost nearly as much as the recorder. I would not buy this again.
Low expectations were not met
October 10, 2016
Slightly but noticeably out of tune despite all adjustments. My expectations were not particularly high for an $8 plastic instrument, but Yamaha usually makes pretty decent cheap instruments across the board. This seems to be an exception, though.
YRS-23Y Soprano Recorder uses German fingering
June 8, 2016
The Yamaha YRS-23Y Soprano Recorder uses German fingering, and this may not be what you want.I recommend the Yamaha YRS-24B Soprano Recorder that uses the standard Baroque fingering (also called English fingering).The Yamaha YRS-23Y and the YRS-24B are almost identical. The main difference is that the third hole from the bottom on the Yamaha YRS-23Y (German fingering) is slightly smaller than the one on the YRS-24B (Baroque fingering). This changes the fingering so that the F and F# notes are slightly easier to play using German fingering. A small chart showing the difference in fingering comes with either recorder.The German system originated in Germany in 1930 and was developed for beginners. Recorders with German fingering are slightly easier to play, but some of the notes play out of tune.Many manufacturers offer soprano recorders with German fingering, and I think this is because there is a big market for young children learning to play recorder. I personally think that it's a bad idea to give a child a recorder that plays out of tune.All alto, tenor, and bass recorders use Baroque fingering. So if you learn German fingering, it makes it difficult to unlearn German fingering and learn Baroque fingering when you want to switch to alto or tenor recorder.From Wikipedia:In the early part of the 20th century, Peter Harlan developed a recorder that allowed for apparently simpler fingering, called German fingering. A recorder designed for German fingering has a hole five that is smaller than hole four-whereas baroque and neo-baroque recorders have a hole four that is smaller than hole five. The immediate difference in fingering is for F and B♭, which on a neo-baroque instrument must be fingered 0 123 4-67. With German fingering, this becomes a simpler 0 123 4 - - -. Unfortunately, this caused many other chromatic notes to become so out of tune that they were considered unusable. German fingering became popular in Europe, especially Germany, in the 1930s, but rapidly became obsolete in the 1950s as the recorder began to be treated more seriously and the limitations of German fingering became more widely appreciated. Recorders with German fingering are manufactured exclusively for educational purposes.Use your browser to search on "recorder musical instrument wikipedia".Scroll down to the "Contents" box.Click "German fingering" (under the "3 Structure" heading).Additional Note: Use your browser to search on “michala petri” and listen to her play Bach and Vivaldi on YouTube. Michala Petri is sometimes referred to as the “Queen of the Recorder”.
Off Tune
February 27, 2016
Sound is a little off. Not sure why as I had the nontransparent version in the past and no such issue.
Not happy with condition of the cases!
April 7, 2015
The recorders arrived on time, but 9 out of 10 had torn/ripped cases. I was not pleased with this as I had bought them for my students, and I had to buy alternate cases in order to give them out to the kids.

One Star Reviews:

6%
One Star
May 15, 2017
Horrible sound quality and nearly impossible to play without shrieking.
Obviously used
February 1, 2017
The recorder showed up obviously used. The plastic case it was in had smudges and dirt, as did the recorder itself, which also had scratches.
One Star
January 3, 2017
Note holes are off.
Meanwhile my poor little 3rd grade daughter is hysterical because everyone else ...
October 23, 2016
It arrived snapped in half and no one will respond to my requests for help. I need a new one ASAP and I can't get through to anyone to send it out. Meanwhile my poor little 3rd grade daughter is hysterical because everyone else in her class gets to participate in music class and she doesn't because I can't get anyone to send us a new one right away.
One Star
October 17, 2016
Broken in half when i opened package
One Star
April 26, 2016
broke almost immediately
2%
Sounds like F#
September 21, 2017
F is a little off tune. Sounds like F#
F is almost Fsharp
August 7, 2016
It sounds great and durable. However, it has a BIG problem. Its F is almost Fsharp. I also bought a blue one and found it had the same problem.
Does not play low notes
August 1, 2016
Will not play low notes. yes I know how you are supposed to use it.
We would love to suggest using a hemp plastic is toxic and ...
June 1, 2015
We would love to suggest using a hemp plastic is toxic and we have cut enough trees down on this planet!
One Star
February 8, 2015
came in wrong key?
NOT THREE!!!
October 13, 2013
I should have read the reviews. It's only one recorder, not three. Otherwise, it's a very good product and if it says Yamaha, then you know it's good.
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$7.55updated: Mar 20, 2020
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Article Number
Article Number
0647248192663
4957812018401
Binding
Binding
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Toy
Brand
Brand
KINGSO
Yamaha
Color
Color
Green
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Currency
Currency
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USD
Formatted Price
Formatted Price
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$9.99
Height
Height
1.6 in
39.4 in
Length
Length
1.6 in
541.3 in
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
KINGSO
Yamaha Band and Orchestra
Model
Model
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YRS-23Y
MPN
MPN
KINGSOYmGseB1qd
YRS 23
Name
Name
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English
Number of Items
Number of Items
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1
Number of Parts
Number of Parts
KINGSOYmGseB1qd
YRS 23
Product Group
Product Group
Musical Instruments
Musical Instruments
Product Type
Product Type
INSTRUMENT_PARTS_AND_ACCESSORIES
TOYS_AND_GAMES
PublicationDate
PublicationDate
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2014-03-21
Publisher
Publisher
KINGSO
Yamaha Band and Orchestra
Quantity
Quantity
1
1
Release Date
Release Date
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2010-08-23
Reviews
Reviews
Score
Score
8.2
9.6
Studio
Studio
KINGSO
Yamaha Band and Orchestra
Warranty
Warranty
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1 year
Weight
Weight
0.0 oz
0.9 oz
Width
Width
1.6 in
78.7 in
Feature
Feature

Soprano length: 32.5cm/12.79"

Cleaning rod: 27.5cm/10.8"

Color: Green,White,Red,Pink,Yellow,Blue

Comes with a cleaning rod

Package Included: 1x Descant recorder 1x Cleaning rod

Recorder is 12-3/4" long

Double holes; C-C#, D-D#

Three piece construction

Easy to play with a soft pure tone

Ideal amount of air resistance for easy control and accurate intonation

Key of C

Great for beginners!

German style fingering (as indicated by "G" stamped packaging)

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