A Great Glockenspiel for Orff Schulwerk When looking for the right glockenspiel for educational use, it's essential to find an instrument that sounds great and has the construction to last year upon year. Studio 49 answers that call with their 1600 series glockenspiels. This glockenspiel delights listeners with lovely tones and excellent sustain, crafted with 16 special steel bars and a solid beech resonance box with multiple resonance chambers. The GAd 1600 features a diatonic scale from C2 to A3 and comes with F# and Bb bars, so it's easy to experiment and create unique scales. Studio 49 also makes it easy to see the notes with note names stamped on each bar. This instrument serves excellently for the Orff Schulwerk approach of formulative musical education and is an excellent choice for classroom use anywhere. At Sweetwater, we believe all young learners deserve access to musical instruments, and Studio 49