[Dez Bone]

Hi new to the forum and the melodica was my birthday earlier this month and my kids put their pocket money into buying me a melodica:

Being a big Depeche Mode and New Order fan I’m having a lot of fun with it. After a bit of a scout around the net I can’t believe the amount of 80s tunes they’ve been used on

Was talking to my cousin about the weans buying me a melodica for my birthday (after I explained what it was) he told me he had an old one in his garage he’d had from when he was a kid (1970s) – which he’s very kindly given me needs a clean / service – so I’ll need so work out how you do that as the inside looks a bit dubious.

So the collection has doubled in less than a month

[Alan Brinton]

Hi, Dez. Welcome to Melodica World.

The green soprano is the first Melodica introduced by Hohner in 1958 but continuing in production into the 1970s. The outside can be cleaned up with a soft cloth and isopropyl alcohol (the kind commonly available cheap at a local pharmacy) — I’d suggest a 50-50 mix with water. A cotton swab is useful to get between the keys. As for the inside, I’d leave it alone if it plays reasonably well and does not have an unpleasant odor.

[Dez Bone]

Hi Alan, cheers for the reply,

Took it apart and cleaned it last night… and glad I did the inside was boggin, I found the remains of a 1980s spider. Keys are still a bit discoloured but it’s all clean. And I had to replace the bit of foam that separates the mouth piece from the main chamber as it had totally degraded and was crumbling.

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