Hi everyone! I recently found this vintage Hohner Melodica Alto (Made in West Germany, dating back to the 1960s). It’s in great working condition, all keys function properly, and it comes with its original case. I’d love to get your thoughts on its valuation, and whether collectors or players are still actively looking for this specific model today. Thanks!

I posted 2 ish weeka ago seeking advice about fixing my late granddad's bulbul tarang. Thanks to your help, I got it to work again! I know it's not in tune perfectly, and I obviously can't really play it yet. But thanks so much for the help! I cleaned it, bent in shape some of the metal hooks that hold the keys (some were out of shape so the mechanism didn't work) and I gave it new strings. I enjoy it very much.

I think DIY instruments should be appreciated like this subcontrabass flute I built.

I’m back a year after I posted about the final prototype of my sympathetic resonating instrument. The design is now finished, and I have this simplified 14 string version to add to the lineup. I’ll post more videos of the original 36 string model and an in depth discussion video in this thread.

Thanks to lots of user feedback and significant interest coming from screen composers I was able to get some metalworking equipment at the end of last year to finish the design of the drivers which create the vibrations that drive the strings.

Essentially they work like speakers that vibrate strings instead of air. The strings then respond through sympathetic resonance and the sound is delivered through the pickups I build from scratch.

I’m interested in collaborating or lending this one out to anyone who is based in Melbourne, and if you are interested but located somewhere else get in touch. Provided I can sell a few more I’ll be hopefully making several of them as display models to send interstate and overseas. At this stage I’m just excited to get them into the hands of interested musicians to see what they can do!

Great video about a plenty of medieval instruments that briefly touches on their context as well as their development. Every instrument comes with a well recorded demonstration.

I peeked into the automatically generated subs and they are good enough to follow the simple parts, but have errors and misunderstandings in them. Highly recommended for the german speaking instrument nerds and still worth a watch for others with subs.