Mendini by CecilioAlto Saxophone for Beginners with Tuner, Mouthpiece, Case, 10 Reeds, Grease, Cleaning Cloth & Rod, Gloves, Strap, Book (Black Silver)

My 9 year old son loves the color! It’s perfect for a starter saxophone! My son takes it daily and the case stands up well. Cant go wrong for a starter instrument. Sound is pretty good also. Comes with a tuner so you can gauge its sound yourself. Pretty nice and budget friendly option.

The media could not be loaded. Its a very nice saxophone,value for money,delivered to our doorstep well packed, easy to assemble, well tuned, sleek looking, my daughter 9yrs old was able to use it right away for her class, easy to play, durable, and complete with all the essentials like extra reeds, very nice bag, duster and cloth for cleaning as well as small book music sheets inside and battery-operated tuner with batteries included. Color blue-gold is what we ordered.

I'm no professional sax guy by any means, played for a number of years throughout middle/high school and got back into it just this year after probably a decade of not playing. I grew up playing some kind of Blessing instrument, which I replaced a while ago with a Selmer Liberty LAS-100 because it was falling apart. Purchased this for my dad who has never played any wind instruments before, because he wanted to play around with one and I was curious if this brand was any good.First thing, the reeds are trash. I took one look and tossed them immediately. You'll need to replace them with something reputable, get some Rico reeds or something.Second thing, the mouthpiece is also absolute garbage. I was able to produce some kind of horrible honking sound eventually, but it took a lot of adjustment. My completely inexperienced dad wasn't even able to get it to produce sound most of the time. If you're gonna buy this for someone just starting out, grab them a decent Yamaha starter mouthpiece or something. Once we got him one of those, he was instantly having a much easier time.Also the neckstrap is bad. It probably works, but it's really uncomfortable. Probably in your best interest to get one of those nice padded ones. The case is a molded piece of styrofoam covered with cloth, so I wouldn't expect it to protect your instrument from any real wear. It's fine for just stowing away the thing around the house or whatever, but I'd want something better if I was doing any sort of travel. It doesn't come with the full gamut of cleaning supplies, so you'll have to pick up one of those cleaning kit deals.Honestly, I was sort of expecting all of that though. Once you pair it up with a decent mouthpiece/reeds, this is a fantastic sax for the price. It looks beautiful. Feels very solid, doesn't seem thin or lightweight or anything like that. The key adjustment was fine, surprisingly lower action compared to my LAS-100. The neck fit in really tight, such that the tightening screw didn't actually seem to do anything, which was weird. Also the neck cork was way too thick and needed to be sanded down for the mouthpiece to fit correctly. But again, this is a brand new instrument shipped for $240! Used instruments will have their own problems and not look half as nice as this while costing twice as much, easily. The Blessing instrument I learned to play on was four times as much back in the day, and even in its prime it wasn't as good as this one.If you know what to expect, and you can put down a little extra to pair it up with a nice mouthpiece/reeds, this is a great disposable sax.

I ordered this saxophone for my 5th grade daughter to use in her school band class. I'm not expert enough to speak to other situations, but if you're considering purchasing this saxophone for a young, beginning player, I highly recommend it. Two reasons:#1 I'm familiar with other instruments but know/knew next to nothing about the sax, so I asked my daughter to have her teacher give me an honest opinion. The music teacher said that for a beginning musician, this sax is more than adequate; he felt that it was probably good enough to last a musician into high school band. Again, while a serious, experienced saxophonist would probably want a better horn, the "Mendini by Cicilio" is fine for a beginner.#2. The cost as compared to renting from my local music store. Obviously this will vary from place to place but I live in Utah, where things tend to be comparatively inexpensive. That said, to rent my daughter a sax would have been $55 a month. We could return it any time, or after paying $1100 we would have owned it. But at a minimum we would have needed the rental for nine months--one school year--for a total cost of $495. That's about $300 more than it cost to purchase a sax outright. Yes, the rental was a better quality Yamaha, but see "reason #1" above for why that doesn't matter. The only benefit to renting was free repairs, but unless someone is seriously careless with the instrument that's not going to cost anywhere near $300. In other words, as counter-intuitive as it seems, it was much cheaper to buy this saxophone than it would have been to rent one for a single scholastic year. This doesn't even consider the 10 free reeds (they run about $2.50 each, retail), or the tuner/metronome (like the sax--not top quality but certainly good enough to get you started; probably a $15-20 value). The only hardware I'd suggest upgrading immediately is the neck strap: the one included is uncomfortable and has actually come unhooked a couple times just by the weight of the instrument.To sum up: this is a very decent saxophone for a very low price, much lower than anything else I could find. I am extremely satisfied with this purchase, as is my daughter, the nascent saxophonist. It still sounds like an angry goose when she plays, but her teacher assures me she's doing fine, and that she has a good instrument to learn on.

Bought this sax 3 weeks ago, first time sax player, a few observations..1 The sax itself is absolutely beautiful, mine is purple with gold keys. The sound is sassy and warm, the keys seem to be snug where they should be and and move when they shouldn’t.2 the reeds that come with it are very rough, didn’t use them, got a different brand. Work much better.3 the mouthpiece looked like a honey badger was using it for a toothpick, there were nicks in the bed, it couldn’t pass a pop test. Got a Yamaha 4c. Plays much better.4 the case is quite functional for a soft case, the inside is form fitted with hard foam to hold the sax quite firm.Overall it’s a great starter for anyone leaning to play.Oh, and I’m 61, am tone deaf, and partially deaf in both ears, thank you Uncle Sam! And can’t read music. But I’m learning!