Home / Forums / Melodica construction, repair and maintenance / Some notes are difficult to blow after tuning / Reply To: Some notes are difficult to blow after tuning Reply To: Some notes are difficult to blow after tuning September 4, 2014 at 1:58 pm #3067 Alan BrintonParticipant I use a flexible plastic toothpick to gently push the reed past the reed plate a few times. That gradually closes the gap.