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Yamaha YVS-100 Venova Casual Wind Instrument with Case Included

The Venova is a totally new type of wind instrument that offers expressiveness of single reed instrument using a simple recorder-like fingering system. Compared to conventional wind instruments, it offers easier maintenance and greater durability. Co...

Reviews by Features

Beginner

(3 reviews)
Recorder

(2 reviews)
Piece

(3 reviews)
Mouth

(2 reviews)
Swab

(2 reviews)
Quality

(3 reviews)
Blow

(1 reviews)
Expression

(2 reviews)
Dynamic

(2 reviews)
Venova

(2 reviews)
Reed

(6 reviews)

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Reviews around beginner (5.00 of 5)

  • I recommend a beginner to learn how to play a recorder which is able to play chromatically in-tune.
  • I was looking foward to not having to transpose if I wanted to read music in the key of C, but all the bending I would have to do in order to actually be in tune with other instruments is so high that I might as well be transposing anyways
  • Best beginner wind instruments ever

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Reviews around recorder (5.00 of 5)

  • I also couldn’t recommend it as a teaching tool, as the price tag hinders the practicality of buying them in bulk for a class while a decent recorder is fully chromatic and a fraction of the price
  • I've been playing recorder (badly) for years, and trumpet (also badly) for about six months, and I picked up the basics on this thing in a couple of weeks

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Reviews around piece (5.00 of 5)

  • The mouth piece is a little too free blowing for my tastes and I prefer jazz mouth pieces like a 5JB on clarinet, to the "best all around" style that many reed instruments ship with
  • It plays very expressively with a very sensitive mouth piece that can bend, growl, and add expression to the sound more so than my clarinet
  • I was looking foward to not having to transpose if I wanted to read music in the key of C, but all the bending I would have to do in order to actually be in tune with other instruments is so high that I might as well be transposing anyways

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Reviews around mouth (5.00 of 5)

  • It plays very expressively with a very sensitive mouth piece that can bend, growl, and add expression to the sound more so than my clarinet
  • The mouth piece is a little too free blowing for my tastes and I prefer jazz mouth pieces like a 5JB on clarinet, to the "best all around" style that many reed instruments ship with

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Reviews around swab (5.00 of 5)

  • You use the included cleaning swab to clean the inside of the instrument.
  • Cleaning it was a little tricky at first as the included cleaning swab did not want to feed through the complex bends and curves

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Reviews around quality (5.00 of 5)

  • It may be plastic, but it's no toy, and Yamaha has a very consistent quality across the board
  • I was looking foward to not having to transpose if I wanted to read music in the key of C, but all the bending I would have to do in order to actually be in tune with other instruments is so high that I might as well be transposing anyways
  • Awesome quality of sound

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Reviews around blow (5.00 of 5)

  • The mouth piece is a little too free blowing for my tastes and I prefer jazz mouth pieces like a 5JB on clarinet, to the "best all around" style that many reed instruments ship with

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Reviews around expression (5.00 of 5)

  • I was looking foward to not having to transpose if I wanted to read music in the key of C, but all the bending I would have to do in order to actually be in tune with other instruments is so high that I might as well be transposing anyways
  • I prefer expression and soft dynamics, over loudness.

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Reviews around dynamic (5.00 of 5)

  • I was looking foward to not having to transpose if I wanted to read music in the key of C, but all the bending I would have to do in order to actually be in tune with other instruments is so high that I might as well be transposing anyways
  • I prefer expression and soft dynamics, over loudness.

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Reviews around venova (5.00 of 5)

  • The Venova has potential if it can be improved
  • The claims that the Venova is easy to play and sounds similar to a sax are way overstated

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Reviews around reed (3.22 of 5)

  • The reed that it comes with (plastic) is difficult to get a good sound out with - I had to buy some Vandorens 2.5 hardness to get a good sound.
  • The synthetic reed is somewhat stiff
  • Sure, I want an alto sax now (now that I know I can sort of work a single reed)
  • If you want to use a cane reed, I recommend a number 2 Soprano saxophone reed.
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More about Yamaha YVS-100 Venova Casual Wind Instrument with Case Included

  • The Venova is a totally new type of wind instrument that offers expressiveness of single reed instrument using a simple recorder-like fingering system
  • Compared to conventional wind instruments, it offers easier maintenance and greater durability
  • Compact and light in weight, the Venova lets you enjoy music anywhere.