Reply To: Hohner Melodica Professional restoration

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Clep
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Thank you MM — I did paint it with an exterior “sealant” primer; hopefully that will be enough! I wonder if a piece of plastic would be smarter and easier here instead of wood that gets covered in plastic anyway… 🙂

Today I cleaned off a lot of glue from various places, basically getting the pieces ready for reassembly.

The veneer before priming:

(High-res here)

Yet more hole drilling and refilling:

(High-res here)

Prepping the end blocks:

(High-res here)

I also very lightly drilled out the holes in the keys for the pivot rod so reinsertion will hopefully be easier (used a drill bit the same diameter as the rod: close to 5/64″). For the black plastic tines of the frame I just reinserted and removed the pivot rod many times until it loosened up.

Things are pretty much cleaned up and ready for reassembly, which will hopefully happen tomorrow once all the glue dries. I’ll probably use a little wax along the “bypass airway” channel, since otherwise it’s just metal-on-metal for a seal.

Assuming I get it all back together and sealed up, then the real work of tuning and gapping the reeds can start… that might have to wait a little. 🙂

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