MelodicaWorld

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

Good work Oscar! Great to see you and Guido collaborate 🙂

Hello Richard, I am not aware that Suzuki is selling individual reeds for Hammond. They may be available for repair shops but not to the consumer and I have only seen the plate sets available. There is no actual service manual for the Hammond melodion; it only comes with the case, mouthpiece, flex hose, and cleaning cloth. The reason the plate is…Read more

Hello Melodica Me. Thanks for responding. I’m trying to understand my situation. I suspected something with that individual reed; either some type of physical impediment carried by the air stream and impacted on the opposite side of the reed plate, or as you suggest, a micro crack or chip in the reed.
A couple of questions.
If the problem is…Read more