Melodica

All instruments that aren't guitars (or bass guitars).
Post Reply
User avatar
higgsblossom
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 1067
Joined: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:55 am
Location: Mannheim, Germany

Re: Melodica

Post by higgsblossom » Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:25 am

You don’t get it: you can clone your own New Order with it... 😉
"500€? That's the price of a J Mascis Jazzmaster!"
Top
User avatar
dezb1
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 626
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:20 am
Location: Glasgow

Re: Melodica

Post by dezb1 » Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:29 am

It's not new order without Hooky.
Top
User avatar
dezb1
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 626
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:20 am
Location: Glasgow

Re: Melodica

Post by dezb1 » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:41 pm

Must say I'm really enjoying playing this thing... may need to start a sound system.
Top
User avatar
budda12ax7
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 6944
Joined: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:04 pm
Location: Mean Streets of OC

Re: Melodica

Post by budda12ax7 » Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:58 pm

got Dub???
Top
User avatar
dezb1
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 626
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:20 am
Location: Glasgow

Re: Melodica

Post by dezb1 » Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:29 am

budda12ax7 wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:58 pm
 got Dub???

Been a lifestyle change

https://youtu.be/2NHMIAbnQLs
Top
User avatar
dezb1
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 626
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:20 am
Location: Glasgow

Re: Melodica

Post by dezb1 » Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:18 am

Well it would appear I now have a melodica collection:

Image

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.
Top
User avatar
higgsblossom
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 1067
Joined: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:55 am
Location: Mannheim, Germany

Re: Melodica

Post by higgsblossom » Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:35 pm

That’s the exact model I have. Nice find!
"500€? That's the price of a J Mascis Jazzmaster!"
Top
User avatar
dezb1
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 626
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:20 am
Location: Glasgow

Re: Melodica

Post by dezb1 » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:23 pm

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.
Top
User avatar
Embenny
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 10363
Joined: Tue May 24, 2016 5:07 am

Re: Melodica

Post by Embenny » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:12 pm

higgsblossom wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 10, 2019 10:42 am
 I found an original Hohner one at a flea market last year and it’s so much fun! I like that it can be both a toy and a „real“ instrument, and it was only 5€. A vintage instrument I can afford 😉

One of those: Image

They’re great for drones, too.
You're a braver soul than I to be putting something unsterilizable from a flea market in your mouth.

I've played plenty of used woodwinds before, but only with my own mouthpiece.
The artist formerly known as mbene085.
Top
User avatar
higgsblossom
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 1067
Joined: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:55 am
Location: Mannheim, Germany

Re: Melodica

Post by higgsblossom » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:39 pm

I cleaned it with some ethanol, seemed to be enough.
"500€? That's the price of a J Mascis Jazzmaster!"
Top
User avatar
dezb1
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 626
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:20 am
Location: Glasgow

Re: Melodica

Post by dezb1 » Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:56 am

higgsblossom wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:39 pm
 I cleaned it with some ethanol, seemed to be enough.
But what about the spiders lurking inside it...
Top
User avatar
higgsblossom
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 1067
Joined: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:55 am
Location: Mannheim, Germany

Re: Melodica

Post by higgsblossom » Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:20 am

:wtf: At least they lived a life full of music...
"500€? That's the price of a J Mascis Jazzmaster!"
Top
User avatar
Fendereedo
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 113
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:10 am
Location: Hell

Re: Melodica

Post by Fendereedo » Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:51 pm

I think it was Ian Curtis who introduced the melodica into Joy Division, long before Barney did in New Order.
Top
User avatar
jakeisjake
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 6786
Joined: Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:39 am
Location: i am the OGRE kukukachu, vermont
Contact:
Contact jakeisjake

Re: Melodica

Post by jakeisjake » Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:09 pm

here is a song my family did live in studio when my kids were about 8 or 9...

my daughter is playing the melodia...it's such a nice, reedy, smooth instrument.

https://soundcloud.com/sunlightsplatters/old-oak-tree-1
If I was a byrd, I'd be mighty sore every time they shut the door and I don't think I'd sing...
Top
User avatar
Larry Mal
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 19987
Joined: Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:25 pm
Location: Saint Louis, MO

Re: Melodica

Post by Larry Mal » Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:33 pm

That was a lot of fun, Mike.
Back in those days, everyone knew that if you were talking about Destiny's Child, you were talking about Beyonce, LaTavia, LeToya, and Larry.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Other instruments”