[James B]

Hi Lamar! Good idea and thanks for the link! I looked for a dental tool I once had and did not find but, made due with a large paperclip. Yes, I think you’re right, I can’t see how it comes apart any further either. I did make headway and learned some things. I found that you must remove a black key to get some of the white keys out. The melodica must have had a hard hit or drop at some point the arms that close the holes on a few keys were off location, one white key had a chip underneath where the guide prong holds it in and on two keys the guide prong under the keys was bent down and that was allowing the movement or wiggle of the keys. In what I did I created a noise leak, went back in and straightened that out and thought I had made headway on my lifted key but, it was temporary. I tried to bend the arm down some to compensate for the key being up. It looked good for a bit but, went back to the up location after playing some. I may need to get a replacement key for it. I glued a plastic piece on the broken spot on the under part of one key and pushed the guide pieces back a bit to where they were functioning and allowed no wiggle to those keys.
I still have the one lifted key and I when playing a G and then the A next to it, the G is staying down with the A. playing the opposite order is ok. So, I’ll need to make another try at it but, it’s playing ok, looks pretty clean inside, no rust and is sounding and functioning pretty good.
I read that there were 3 generations of the piano 36, not sure which I have with the gold trim but, sounds pretty good. I like the sound of the low notes.
The pic set should be helpful next time. Good idea!
James