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David Colpitts posted an update 6 days, 2 hours ago
Hello. I don’t post often; still not very smooth with the site software. But I just got my Suzuki bass melodica, and wanted to tell everyone interested that it is a nice little instrument, at least IMHO and so far. I can actually play simple tunes, and only the lowest three notes seem slow enough to mention it. I plan to “Jankofy” it in the…Read more
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Melodica-Me replied to the topic Suddenly flat note in the forum Melodica construction, repair and maintenance 1 week, 6 days ago
Hello Richard, you can make your gasket, but cutting out all the different openings and being exact is a challenge; personally, it is best to purchase the gasket. Also, if you leave too much material between the openings, it can lower the amount of air and may change the reed’s performance. In theory, the tools used to repair a harmonica would…Read more
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Richard Feryok replied to the topic Suddenly flat note in the forum Melodica construction, repair and maintenance 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Melodica-Me
I got the reed plates off, all together held by the gasket. I used a little WD-40. I contacted Rakutan GandG. I asked too many questions. Something was lost in the translation, but as I understood, it comes with the plates and the screws. The existing gasket holds fast. Why couldn’t I just cut out a gasket of good bond paper and…Read more -
Daren replied to the topic Looking for help to build or assembly a good instrument in the forum Melodica construction, repair and maintenance 2 weeks, 3 days ago
The rattling I encountered (as far as I can remember) was the tongues of some of the reeds hitting the cavity underneath (which was too small). I can’t think of a way of customising an existing reed chamber, because they’re injection moulded with quite thin walls. so if you try to enlarge a space, you’ll be left with a hole.
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luca ventimiglia replied to the topic Looking for help to build or assembly a good instrument in the forum Melodica construction, repair and maintenance 3 weeks ago
Hello everyone
First of all, I want to thank all of you for your helpful replies to my initial post. I’ve been experimenting with custom reeds on one of my instruments(hammond 44), and like Daren once mentioned, I’m encountering a problem with the reeds rattling because the internal chamber seems too small. Daren managed to fix this issue by adj…Read more