Melodica

Melodica 1. 20th-c. successor to the Psallmelodikon, manufactured by Hohner of Trossingen. A *mouth organ with a rectangular body held like a recorder, encasing free reeds and terminating in a detachable, beaked plastic mouthpiece. The upper surface carries 2 octs. of push keys disposed like piano keys, the diatonic keys being played with the right hand, the chromatic with the left. Made from 1959 on in soprano and alto sizes, with a 2-oct. compass; 2. organ stop identical with the melodia. Not…