[MusicTlk] melodica question

[Richard Holloway]

The tube I think you’re referring to is part of the mouthpiece assembly. It lets you hold the keyboard in more positions and further from your mouth. 

As I recall, the one we have has a very adjustable design for that tube part. 

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> On Dec 16, 2018, at 8:54 PM, Ella Yu via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> A melodica looks very different from a harmonica.  It's a wind instrument, but you press keys on a piano-style keyboard to play the different notes.  What Robert says makes sense, but is not true.  The melodica is just a relatively unknown instrument, I guess.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Moore via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> To: "'Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians'" <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:49:40 -0600
> Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] melodica question
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> Hi,
> For those of us that do not know what a melodica is, could you give a quick
> description  pleas?
> 
> I am guessing that it would be something like a harmonica.
> I suppose a harmonica is for harmony and a melodica is for melody.
> But that is just a wild guess based on the sounds of the two words.
> Thanks
> Robert
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MusicTlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield via MusicTlk
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2018 4:12 AM
> To: 'Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians'
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield
> Subject: [MusicTlk] melodica question
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I purchased a melodica recently and it came with a mouthpiece, which I
> understand, but it also came with this long tube with a mouthpiece at the
> end.  What is that extended tube for?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lauren
> 
> 
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