Thomann Chalumeau Maple

Fun !!

This little chalumeau is a Joy to play !

The mouthpiece is usable and the tunning is Ok for the price.

Absolutely recommended for any clarinet player looking to have some fun

Records like million bucks

Some condenser up close and some lush reverb and a hard reed and you are in duduk town. Some softer reed and on a dynamic you are bending notes up and down half a step even in second register with thumb hole half fingered up to high C

What a find!

I have known of the Chalumeau in music history, [ Telemann played one] and then they were overlooked somewhat as instruments developed. So I bought the maple wood one through curiosity [ the set] and was amazed at the timbre of the sound; not how I expected it to be, instead so full and mellow, and of great resonance, and powerful tone, and this despite its size. Like between oboe, natural trumpet or horn all mixed into one instrument in its sound.

I already play free reed instruments, and this makes an unusual addition to my other instruments collection. Takes a lot of breath to get going on, but good exercise, nevertheless. The naturally limited traditional range is no bother to me, as I can transpose music to fit when I find it, and so it is excellent value: I will definitely be playing it for a long time to come.

Amazing for the price

I like trying rather obscure wind instruments and have fancied a chalumeau for a while. Thought I’d give this one a go being so reasonably priced for my preliminary forays. Well I’m very impressed with the quality and sound. A lovely little thing, so well made and with a good feel and weight to it. And an amazing sound. I can’t believe it was so reasonably priced. Highly recommended

A great and versatile instrument

This little and cheap instrument is strongly recommended. The sound is very warm and the intonation good and stable. Fingering is teh same as the baroque flute in C so it's easy to switch. Also a great introduction to clarinet and sax. A great gift for somebody that plays tehse instruments and wants something portable. Thumbs up!!! You can play from folk to jazz on it, it sounds like an Armenian duduk or a baroque clarinet.

Great quality for its price!

Considering the price, it's decent! Simple design with a few decorative details. Nice silky finish, the holes are drilled decently and the bore is smooth enough to prevent much moisture to stick inside the bore. Makes it easier to clean with the included brush. The kit also includes a soft case and recorder cream (I think it's supposed to be used on the cork of the mouthpiece? Can't imagine using anything but oil on the wood would be wise) The only gripe I have is the included reed, it's pretty rough. It works fine, but can't imagine it will last very long. But then again, you'd want to buy more reeds after a while anyway.

Friendly as recorder to go around

For training the mouth for reed instruments, like saxophone and clarinet, this little friend is fine. It gives the sounds for ancient music, or for world music. Playing it brings me ideas, for phrases we can mix in a particular moment of a song.

change in spec?

I've bought this lovely little instrument twice over the last 3 years and the first one was clearly better made than the second one. This may have been accidental, but it seemed to me that the quality of the mouthpiece and ligature had gone down hill. Shame, but I replaced the ligature with a better one and it is still a lovely sounding instrument for very little money!

Sounds good, playable

I know little about this instrument so I can't tell if it really plays well 100%

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I do play clarinet and sax and I can tell is easy to get a clean/pleasant sounds out of it. I could play pianissimo with ease so, well built.

Nice amateur Chalumeau for home use, with my Xaphoon.

This Chalumeau makes a pleasing sound to go with my Xaphoon, if you play music for your own soul to make a noise to God, and have the time add this to your repertoire .

A sound with ancient roots from Jewish and peasant European folk.