[Boyet Irabon]

Hello, everyone.

I’m Boyet and I just entered this amazing world of melodicas. I play keyboards but I have zero knowledge/skill in reed instruments. I’ve already read some topics here and learned a handful of things (thank you!).

I already have a locally-available student melodica, and just this morning, I bought a used Suzuki M37. It was a great deal.

I really want to open the thing to clean the inside a little and to tune some reeds but I find it daunting. I am searching online but I cannot find any thorough information about it.

So I have questions because I am pretty sure that most of you own, have owned, or have experienced opening this model.

1. Is opening Suzuki M37 just like opening the other standard melodicas around? Do I have to take any specific notes on how to deal with specific parts?

2. Are the information on “cleaning/giving a bath” topics in the General Discussion applicable to Suzuki M37?

3. What is the difference between Suzuki M37 and M37c? Because when I search M37, only M37c informations are found.

Also, if you have links to where I can learn more about this model, kindly share them to me.

Thank you very much!

[Larry Shone]

Have you tried posting this on the facebook group of this site?

[Daren]

I haven’t opened one for years, but it will be like a standard melodica for tuning and cleaning. The screws will be in different places!

[Gerald de Peralta]

“Is opening Suzuki M37 just like opening the other standard melodicas around? ”

Sorry for the very late reply, but opening a Suzuki Melodion M-37 is as easy as taking out the two end pieces and sliding out the keyboard unit from the lower tray. Three little screws hold each of the end pieces. Be careful not to lose the tiny square nuts embedded in the keyboard unit and the end pieces as, from what I observed with my surplus Melodions, they sometimes easily dislodge.

Revealing the reeds require unscrewing the four big screws to the reed cover. Do not throw away the gasket (the black thing at its edges) unless replacing them (some of the surplus melodicas I got have perished gaskets resulting in a “leaky” sound).

BTW, if you know how to open up a Melodion M-37, you will have no problems opening up a M-32, a S-32, or even the A-series Melodions, because they are built the same way. Note: it will be a different method for the others, like the MX-series Melodions (and its Chinese and Korean copies) and the D-series Pianicas onwards (which is even easier to tear down), as well as the vintage ones.

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 1 day ago by Gerald de Peralta.

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