Home / Forums / Vintage Melodicas / Vintage Hohner Melodica Professional restoration — need a reed / Reply To: Vintage Hohner Melodica Professional restoration — need a reed Reply To: Vintage Hohner Melodica Professional restoration — need a reed May 22, 2018 at 1:34 pm #9927 ClepParticipant Thanks! How long have your rubber pads been in use? Any sign of the rubber degrading? I’d just be nervous about the rubber melting like an old rubber band.