[mudbone]

Thanks for your reply, Alan. I played for a few hours yesterday and the issue with the note not sounding seemed to become less frequent with use (i.e. it more reliably sounded as I played it), however it is still not totally resolved. In your experience does this issue ever play itself out without needing to open the melodica and manipulate the reeds? Also, do you recommend getting a cheaper melodica (<$40) to first practice manipulating reeds on? If so, any particular models that are decent for learning to work with the reeds of the Suzuki m32c or other more upscale models?

Thanks,

Mudbone