Home / Forums / Buying a melodica / Buying melodica, a=440 or 442 Hz / Reply To: Buying melodica, a=440 or 442 Hz Reply To: Buying melodica, a=440 or 442 Hz December 31, 2018 at 12:58 am #10595 Alan BrintonParticipant 442 is typical for a melodica, Karolina. But melodicas are tunable, and it’s not as hard as you might expect, especially on a new melodica. I generally tune mine down to A=440 or 441. See the tutorial here.