Sonor GL-25 PN Glockenspiel

This little thing has proven to be far more useful than expected! Adding some sparkly high end to a song with this adds more to it than I would have guessed. And it really sounds much more alive and interesting recording the real thing than using samples, another big surprise (I thought this instrument is so simplistic a sampler will capture it well enough, but that's just not the case).

I suppose the glockenspiel really is an underrated instrument after all!

The build quality gives me no reason to complain, it's reasonably priced for what it is, and having a range from A-A is far more useful than from C-C. I don't miss the high notes it doesn't have, and would definitely miss the lowest notes if they weren't there.

The only negative thing I have to say, is that it would have looked better with a natural dark wood frame, instead of painted black. But whatever.

Your studio should have one of these lying around. You don't think you need one, but you're wrong! ;-)

Record it in stereo, please.