[Kirill]

Alan, prodz, Troy, thank you so much!
After lowering the reeds my melodica plays and sound better than when it was new 🙂
I think that wide gaps were the result of snapping the reeds after filing, as was recommended in a guide I followed.

[Kirill]

Alan, prodz, I’ll try your advice and report back the result!

[Kirill]

Alan, thank you for the answer.
I opened the melodica and haven’t any correlation between gaps and ease of blowing. So I took some pictures:
http://grushetsky.ru/temp/DSC01241.JPG (from the lower notes side)
http://grushetsky.ru/temp/DSC01242.JPG (lower notes side)
http://grushetsky.ru/temp/DSC01247.JPG (middle)
http://grushetsky.ru/temp/DSC01248.JPG (higher notes)
Should I try to lessen any gaps? I’m pretty sure that it was easier to blow most of the notes (except a few of the highest and maybe the lowest) before my intrusion.

And yes, I understand that Hohner Student is a low-end instrument for $25, but why not to try to improve it…

[Kirill]

Prodz, hvala za odgovor 🙂 I will try your suggestions.

I’ve found 443Hz to be really out of tune when played along with my band (I’m actually a mandolin player, but one song required an accordion-like sound) and now, after tuning to what I consider “440Hz”, it sounds acceptable.

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