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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on July 8, 2014 at 3:08am

I found pictures of two cigarbox melodicas.

To bad that ther isn't any sound sampels fo this cigar box melodicas.

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on July 8, 2014 at 5:07am

I think you're on the right track. Plastic is not a good sounding resonator.

Check out this page with a wooden melodica. There are sound samples about halfway down the page. http://www.melodicas.com/mylodica.htm

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on July 8, 2014 at 5:36am

I know about my melodicas.

Best sounding melodicas. No other sound that god. 

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on July 8, 2014 at 5:59am

Maybe I can get something form hardwear store?

10mm birch plywood is not great. Still better than that awfull plastic.

Too wet wood is also bad.  I think I can get spruce from hardwear store. '

Birch is bad because it playes with weather easily. 

I hate that there is not better way to tune it. Because this way can only be tuned few times.

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on July 9, 2014 at 5:08am

Can you get hold of cigar boxes? If not, you might be able to do birch with a spruce top, similar to a guitar. Or maybe birch sides and a spruce top and back. The spruce should be thin, like 1/8" (about 3mm).

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on July 9, 2014 at 8:04am

In Estonia cigarboxes are rear. I found estonian cigar store.

I can only get what they have. They can give me boxes but can't sell me.

Some laws and stuff.  So I can get box or boxes and make what I can make out of them.

Some people who buy cigars with boxes end up selling online awful condition boxes with too high price.

If I'm lucky I may get broken guitar or guitars.

I can buy best wood for guitar,  Problem is that price will be so high,

Then it's better to build new one out of new melodica. 3mm birch plywood is the thinnest one I can buy easily.

I was thinking spruce sides and plywood bottom. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on July 11, 2014 at 12:53am

I was planning to make holes for that.Right finish helps also protect from moisture.

Thats way I can't use birch more than plywod.

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