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This is a subject I’m always interest in – the moisture on the reeds problem. I have made longer mouthpieces, but I don’t like being too far from the reeds. I’ve also tried passing the air through silica gel chambers before the reeds, but it takes away from the expression.

The Sheng has a chamber which is filled with hot water to keep the…Read more

Yes. It depends on the weather like I said, but every 20 minutes on average when I’m playing.
After some time playing, the water that condenses inside the tube starts bubbling when I blow and when it happens I know I need to empty it. All that water would be inside the melodica! When it bubbles, I disconnect the tube and blow it hard a few times…Read more

I found that I really preferred the short Yamaha mouthpiece over the Suzuki mouthpiece that came with the Suzuki m37c. I tried to order the very short MP141 mouthpiece from Suzuki, but was unable to get it from the US distributor.

Thanks. After playing around with the Yamaha p37e and Suzuki M37c, I decided to return both of them and stick with the Yamaha p37D for now. I like the tone and action of the Yamaha p37d better than all the other ones, especially when I am playing with a jazz combo. I agree that none of these seem to be tuned well coming out of the factory. I…Read more

Thank you for your view, Daren!

I do believe that I am a pioneer just like you said, and will simply do my own thing from now no matter what the “haters” say. I am aware that the melodica can sound brilliant and that depending on how you play it, and personally I wouldn’t be discouraged to play the melodica simply because some people told me that…Read more