I have the Hohner Clarina 8, the Seydel Triola 12 with 12 keys and the Bontempi SX2832 N, MiniSax, 28cm buy at the same time. The saxophone is pretty, the first touch first for my 2 year old daughter election. The Clarina is pretty, but not as long as the mini saxophone. The Triola seen from the appearance not so from that one same must reach for it, as a child. At the sound of it is just the opposite: The Triola sounds fantastic, of quietly beautiful to dose, according to good gannz, a real full-fledged musical instrument. She also speaks very fast, beautiful legato as well Staccato is loose inside. The buttons are easy to grip, even my almost 2-year-old daughter plays different sounds so immediately. Exactly what I wanted! The Clarina sounds very similar, so very nice, but speak later on (for my daughter a little too late) and the volume is also not so easy to dose. Chords are thus playable only sound while the bass sounds more clearly than the high notes, so that the harmony is not harmonious, which is not in the Triola so. Since sound chords class! The stunning ornate play the Clarina is not really suitable, although I would have described as good. Only you can just not keep up with the Triola, and the operation is also more difficult for a child (2 years). The saxophone falls in the playability and the sound compared completely from: The necessary blowing pressure until because times comes out a sound that must be very high, although this creates my almost 2-year-old daughter (which surprised me), but the sound quality is not good and a differentiated design of the sound does not go. It trötet just when a child purely blows. So the saxophone I can only guess if a pretty "instrument" is sought with which a child can a sound trötend wandering around in the room. For music, I'd even say (while the other two seeing), unsuitable. We also have an old saxophone, identical. As already break down the door springs.
Conclusion: You buy such a part not to look, but will introduce his child to make music. (At least that's with us so). As is clear, the Triola first choice, but the Clarina is necessary even.
