Thomann Melodica 4-stars Reviews

Not bad for about $15

I didn't expect a top quality instrument. (obviously) But I love traveling with this instrument. It is light, compact, and easy to play. My only big complaint is the tuning. If price was a rating, I'd give it 5 stars for that!

Melodica

It works and makes children happy, don't know what else to say?

Very nice little melodica

Nice little instrument to play around with and to provide interesting texture on your recordings (if semi-pro use is intended).

Excellent for young music fellas to experiment with

Satisfactory

Cool for having fun and does the job just right for tunes which are not very "polyphonic"

Great value to get started or play around with

Sounds good (the intonation isn’t always perfect but good enough), good build quality, and looks good too. The tube and case are welcome additions also!

Very fun and interesting instrument.

A friend has told me about this musical instrument, and i tought i should give it a try. Bassically, its a piano that you blow air in in order to make sound. The notes are very accurate, its unbelieveble fun to play. In fact, its a versatile music instrument. You can play jazz, country, even ska or folk.

The only problem i've encountered is the durability of the materials. I ve dropped it once and there is a litle chip at the edge of the melodica.

But long story short, It a great musical instrument/ toy i recomend it. it is very inexpensive, very fun, the sound is very good.

May be seen as the most affordable "analog" portable keyboard with 37 small keys.

It sounds fine, is light, great to carry around.

My only worry is the cleaning aspect... corregated tube is difficult to clean and the melodica itself is not made to be opened and cleaned inside. This may be a long term issue if it sees a lot of action.

great little thing

i think the sound is although good, somewhat shaggy, which is ok for such a thing.

not the greatest, not the worst either

if you're looking for an entry level melodica, you can just go for this one.

I have one and, even though the sound is not the greatest, it's not the worst either, it gets the job done and for studying on the go its awesome!

Construction wise, it feels cheep, but then again, you're paying for a budget melodica, and for this price, you won't get any better!

Very reliable melodica, the sound is almost flawless and the keys are really well crafted, so they are both sensitive enough but also resistant.

Fun instrument

Most people seem to associate the Melodica with pre-school.

When my Melodica arrived, my family were laughing about it, saying that it was a toy and asking why I bought it at all.

But after a few minutes, everyone wanted to try it!

It's actually good fun to play and pretty easy.

All you need to do is blow into the air pipe and play some keys.

No doubt there are better quality Melodica's available if you want to spend more money, but this product is good value for what you pay.

It's not a 'serious' instrument, but you can make music with it, and it's fun.

Great for parties, relaxing, acoustic jams

This is an entry level instrument, and while I would not bother to incorporate it into serious concerts, I have jammed with this in parties, played along songs, and performed on the streets with it (with acoustic guitar as rhythm section).

Pros: the price meets and exceeds the function. It comes with both the short mouthpiece and the extended pipe. There was a handy semi-hard case as well, never used anything else. The sound is a bit harsh (harder than accordion), but is tuned quite well and has stayed in tune.

Cons: cleaning after intense usage is hard. Even with the vent button, I've had to undo the screws to clean it completely. Build quality is basic, which is what you would expect for this price.

Great Melodica

I am using this melodica for home recording and musical ideas.

It is also a great way to introduce music to the kids (we bring it with us while we travel).

This is a very well made product with preforms beatifully and has a great tone

pros:

Cost is very reasonable

sound and play-ability are fantastic

Includes a case.

Cons:

At this price range there are no cons with this unit.

Would buy again.

Cheap, good and many keys

This melodica is a very nice piece of gear. It sounds quite a lot like it's more expensive brother from Höhner, in fact I bet many people wouldn't be able to tell much a difference. The low notes are sometimes a little bit harder to sound, so you need to blow harder.

I use it in my home studio and in bandpractise to play reggae and dub. Also is a funny sound on gigs, especially played together with another melodica.

Bottom line, if you ain't got too much to spend and want to try one of these, this is probably your best buck's worth. The höhner melodica feels just a little bit better when playing, but this is only noticed when playing for extensive time and when playing chords.

This melodica does very well as a solo instrument.

Edit: It has a detuned C note in the middle after a couple of month and some other notes are also getting out of tune. Luckily I found a tutorial online how to fix the using a small file.

Nice little instrument.

I play a lot of indie/folk music, and I find this to be an excellent accompaniment to an acoustic guitar sound. It gives you an accordion like sound with less skill required. This melodica is rather sturdy and seems to be quite reliable.

Easy to play, nice features

I bought the melodica 1 year ago and can now hopefully write something useful about it. For me as a guitar player, I like the concept of simplicity here, hehe. The small sleeve is a nice addition if you want to put the melodica on the table for some time and so you better concentrate on playing with both hands.

What I didn't like about it was that some keys aren't really in tune, but that's actually what I expected of an instrument in that price range.

And be aware of breathing enough when you want to play more than 3 keys at once!

Does its job :)

I got this for our bands album production. We needed a really quirky and somewhat cheap sound for an intro and an outro, plus we didnt want to spend lots of money for a keyboard that could do the job. The first one we got was out of tune by almost half a tone. I called the customer service and they sent me a new one without asking further questions. They didnt even want the old one back. Thats great!

The one we got then was spot on and sounded exactly as we wanted it to sound, which wasnt really that good :) We wanted it to sound cheap. Like a childs toy and the melodica delivered. Now we use it for live gigs as well and we're still satisfied with the quality, although it does feel somewhat cheap, but I dont expect it to feel like a really expensive melodica.

A fine first Melodica

I am not a melodica expert, more an accordionist; for me the response of this melodica is slightly uneven and the reeds do not always give a sharp attack compared to reeds in an accordion. Overall it is good value for the low price, but if you want expert performance it may be worth looking at other models.