Reply To: Photo—-Tubing and Fixture for Hohner Melodica
Lowboy, I am not a fan of the flexible tube, but I do used the harder solid tube with the Hammond 44, what I have noticed is that the extra length dose reduce the over all volume. When using the trumpet mouth piece the volume is louder. The benefits of the long solid flex tube is additional air and it creates a larger air chamber. If you practice circular air breathing this is helpful. In building the Diamante Wind Vox, the standard C7 mouth piece had to be bored to allow for more air to enter the chamber. This took several attempts as the first try allowed to much air and the lower notes would choke, so staring from the original note I went to about 20% less than the original try. So i guess where I am going with this is, these melodicas are designed to allow a specific amount of air for optimum performance. Daren, during the making of the mouth piece for the Danarse Melodica. Did you have this same situation with too much air. Or not enough.
Melodica-Me