Reply To: DDR Melodica recover help

Thank you very much Daren! I found the problem! So block of the reeds is removable, as was written in the thread which you sent, and it wasn’t attached tightly. So air went out between the block and the panel with holes, which covered by caps. I make it tightly connected and everything works now!

So, as I understand, you don’t need to learn Circular Breathing for this melodica to play smoothly, as it gives sound when you inhail. But it is little bit weird to play in that way 😉

I don’t think that tube and reed plates are made from zinc.

The construction of melodica is very smart. The reeds are very clean, compare with, for example, old hohner which I have. I don’t know maybe it because moister partially absorbed by wood.

I will probably, stick with the scotch those plastic cover for inhale reed, as the give small leakage anyway and I don’t play inhail.