Reply To: Too scared to tune!!
I had Hohner USA tune a few of my more rarer melodicas. It costs about one hundred dollars a pop plus shipping if my memory serves me well. I soon realized that since I was buying the rarer ones used for $70 to $120 a piece, including shipping from Europe, it would be cheaper to just throw them out if they got real bad. However, even the really bad ones (out of tune) can be used for “bending” melodicas, and I have only thrown a couple out in the last several years. I find that most perfectly tuned melodicas go somewhat out of tune in my hands in just a few weeks of playing. But that is okay for what I am doing.
Lowboy