Home / Forums / Melodica construction, repair and maintenance / Ants in my melodica / Reply To: Ants in my melodica Reply To: Ants in my melodica April 8, 2018 at 2:08 am #9798 Marcia C.Participant Thank you. My husband and I took it apart, and we used an air can to clean it. He did manage to bend one reed, but it’s a low G sharp, which I don’t think I ever play. So I think I’m good. Thank you for your help.