[Rick Reid]

Good to know. Thanks for the reply!

[Rick Reid]

I bought an Airboard 32. It’s has a fun look but is not really different than most other melodicas. The yellow, bendable mouthpiece that seems to be made from parts that were designed for some other (possibly plumbing) use. It has a black plastic gasket that is a little too tight. The gasket on mine got damage after using it only a couple of times. Without the gasket, the mouthpiece won’t stay attached to the melodica. (The mouthpiece has threads, but corresponding opening in the melodica does not.) I took the damaged gasket off and wrapped the threads of the mouthpiece with a lot of teflon tape. That works okay.

[Rick Reid]

I think the main difference is that the student model has fewer buttons for smaller hands. I have both the alto and the soprano models. They sound of the the two instruments is identical except for the difference in pitch ranges.

[Rick Reid]

I have a Hurricane Harps 37-key melodica. Probably the same one you described. I like it just fine. It seems to be 98% similar to any of the current Hohner models as well as most other brands.

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