16 Hohner Melodicas - Wellerman
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Hohner melodicas were developed from the mid 1950s and the first model, with button keyboard style, was introduced in 1958. They've made many classic models over time, and are still making instruments now.
0:04 Hohner Alto (button vintage) | ebay.us/7bPPVK
0:25 Hohner Piano 27 (vintage) | ebay.us/fYFHlg
0:47 Hohner Airboard 32 | geni.us/Hohner...
1:08 Hohner Cassotto 26 (vintage) | ebay.us/B3CgHK
1:29 Hohner Superforce | geni.us/Hohner...
1:51 Hohner Claviola (vintage) | ebay.us/Uv2jW4
2:13 Hohner Professional 36 (vintage) | ebay.us/OBmWEx
2:34 Hohner Student 26 | geni.us/Hohner...
2:56 Hohner piano 32 (vintage) | ebay.us/2OKf4d
3:17 Hohner Soprano (button vintage) | ebay.us/ophiIo
3:38 Hohner Airboard Rasta 37 | geni.us/Hohner...
4:00 Hohner Jubilee (limited edition) | ebay.us/lYZkz0
4:21 Hohner Student 32 | geni.us/Hohner...
4:43 Hohner Student (button vintage) | ebay.us/Pdhxzi
5:04 Hohner piano 26 (vintage) | ebay.us/JceeCj
5:26 Hohner Fire | geni.us/Hohner...
Some of the things to watch out for if you're buying a vintage model:
1) They might be out of tune, and it's not always practical to tune an old melodica. You can do what I do and use a pitch corrector after recording, like Melodyne, or the free one on your workstation.
2) Also, some old melodicas really stink, and you've got to wonder if its good for your lungs. Make sure you don't breathe in, or you'll inhale 50 years worth of dust and bacteria. The Claviola actually gives you another note when you breath in, like a mouth organ, but again, its not a feature I'm really keen on exploring.
The Claviola really stands out as an interesting sound, flute like in timbre, with the ability to bend notes by putting fingers over the corresponding tubes. It was discontinued after several weeks, as it went out of tune under the heat of stage lights.
One gem from this comparison is the Cassotto melodica. A cassotto is an inner chamber housing the reeds to give them a mellower, darker sound. This isn't just a gimmick, you can really hear the difference, a very characterful mellow tone. I used this instrument in the backing track too, because it blended well behind the other melodicas.
The Melodica Alto is also a fav of mine. It has the classic look of a button melodica, as well as a solid full tone, which sounds good playing chords - quite rare for melodicas. Complex playing might be a bit tricky with the buttons, but I was surprised with what I could do with it.
Which ones did you like best? Let me know in the comments!
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Track: Wellerman
Played by Daren Banarsë (Daren Banarse)
New Melodicas provided by Sutherland Trading Co Ltd
Old hohners sound fantastic!
호너의 멜로디카 음색도 다양하고 모두 갖고 싶네요
다앙한 악기를 비교하며 볼 수 있어서 너무 좋았습니다
I was in a kids band when I was 6-7, I was playing a hohner soprano, and I always wanted the alto one (the first red one) I still think it has a great sound. I’m now 40 😌
A really nice video! The Claviola is astonishing… It sounds halfway between a barrel organ and an electronic instrument ..and that circus/ fun fair weird and haunted vibe is really nice :) it feels like a scene of the movie "wings of desire" or a sarah moon exhibition.
The Jubilee too, but the keys seem the noisiest of all of them !
Yes, the Jubilee has really noisy keys! And it was nice to get the Claviola out for a rare appearance. Glad you liked it :-)
I feel like the claviola is a keyboard version of the Chinese Hulusi
@@Davmm96 Quite true indeed! 😊
But for some reason the claviola sounds slightly funnier, doesn't it? or... maybe it's because of the Sea shanty ..? and other jigs that make their effect of cheering the mood of workers and inviting to drink "the Glass of Beer" 😁🍻
The way you play these things is just killer. The little embellishments of the melody make it truly come to life. I could listen to this all day.
5:05 This one has such a beautiful sound. Definitely stands out!
+KriShakti yes! I love that one too. Looks great as well
What simple creative way to showcase each melodica's timbre!
I had never heared of the Cassotto model before and it really stood out right away and probably my favorite of this review. I have also always been captured by the Claviola but always haven't been sure if they are worth the steep price.
I also like the Cassotto, though it’s been described as an “acquired taste” :-)
Lovely tune, well played. Some had very beautiful tones and some I instantly wanted to retire.
I love your passion for these unique instruments.
Thanks for listening Sophia, yes there's quite a mixed bag there :-)
@@MelodicaWorld Makes me want one, well I have always wanted one, but I would need to be a better keyboard player.
I felt in love with this video
From the start till the end I smile, enjoying the music 🎼
+Kookie's sister great to hear this!
This is fantastic, make a tutorial of the song, please
Thanks!
Who knew Melodica tones were so different from one another! Great demo. I especially liked the Rasta.
What a great demonstration of the collection!
Thanks for bringing all these to life, a great feast of melodicas!💐💗
Glad you liked it :-)
I just love it, love this performance. It’s genius, let’s face it!
Thanks for your lovely feedback!
I won a cheap melodica as an award at the AWANA club at my neighbor's church.
My little brothers called it the Vibrachord.
I'm sure it's in my dad's basement somewhere, I've got to dig it out and see if I can entice Dad to get out the accordion and jam.
I mean he probably won't, but Hope springs eternal
Hohner PRO 36 1962 - THE BEST !!!
I like to Hohner Piano 32 and 26 - 70s
And you now the PASTA and FIRE not bad at all
hi sir! I am spell bound, i am glad that i found you, you are such a wonderful musian! Omg I'm loving your performance to the core, each and every emotion is spectacular, hat's off to your talent! May God bless you! Keep creating such wonderful music! Keep it up and all best for your future performances
I love Rasta melodica🎹
Me encanta la melodica Rastra.🎹🎶🎵🎼
love the sound from that claviola!
We all love that Clavietta!
@@MelodicaWorld .I can't find it anywhere but would like to find one to buy, or a replicate build of one maybe?. such a unique great sound!
Most találtam a szemét között egy Hohner melodica piano 26-ot és azért néztem meg ezt a videót , hogy megtanuljak rajta játszani. 👍
Nice!.... now what of "the drunken sailor"
I was thinking of doing that!
(They took his away from him and hid it.🤨🙄😂🎶🎵) I played harmony through this on my Piano 27 for practice~ great fun, Thanks!! (Really like that Superforce!🤔)
⚘🎶⚘🎶⚘🎶⚘🎶⚘🎶⚘
Ya put him in the bed with the captain's daughter...
Lock him in the cabin with the Captains daughter 🎶
Nice! 🎹❤️🔥
Claviolla and Casotto are very different and unique in a good sense.
Yeah, the Claviola sounds like nothing else!
@@MelodicaWorldThanks for the video. Claviola sounds like Hulusi, Bawu or Sheng - Chinese music instruments. I like that sound so much! May be you should try learning play on Sheng 😉
Best video ever. Bought a Superforce.
+Rodrigo Santos great!
Great video! Many years ago I saw one on the TV and really wanted one so I went around the village playing Christmas carols (it was that time of year) on my recorder to collect the money. Bought the soprano and for me it was the bridging intsrument to piano. 57 years later it is sat on the top of my bookcase still played occasionially.
Great story!
Just plain old good work Brother. Thanks from Philadelphia
Thank you Robert :-)
i love video's like this! could you maybe do a video where you show your melodica collection? i think it would be really interesting to see what you have collected over the years
The trouble is, I keep getting rid of melodicas! I had to obtain a few I'd already lost/given away to make this video :-)
I really like the orange Hohner Student. I like the smaller ones, and that one has a real nice sound to it. The Claviola is a pretty cool one as well though. The Rasta 37 looks sick!
Mein Sohn hat sich gerade eine für 2 Euro auf dem Flohmarkt erstanden. Die ist bestimmt schon einiges älter ist als ich. Ich hab leider nur Flöte gelernt, noch nie Melodica gespielt aber eben hat es schon geholfen schöne Töne zu erzeugen. Die Vielfältigkeit im Klang ist einfach unglaublich! Die Claviola kannte ich gar nicht, finde sie wundervoll. Hat etwas von Drehorgel mit Dudelsack gepaart, sehr genial! Toll gemachtes Video, da steckt viel können und Herz drin. Vielen Dank dafür!
I have an old Alto. its lower 2 or 3 buttons are a bit sticky and you have to hit them a tad harder to get a note. I also have a Fire that I bought brand new the year it came out. it’s the only one I’ve played in public, using it in a tune or two with my old band, Snake Suspenderz.
Aaaaaah I about screamed when you broke out the Claviola! I want one so bad 😭
Everyone wants a clavioloa!!
That was fab. All those classic melodicas.
Un grand merci à toi qui fait découvrir tous ces modèles différent de lmelodica..
Happy. Hésite pas à faire découvrir encore des son différent. Je conseil goto
Nice! I'm a harmonica player, but the melodica appeals to me, too. Always loved the Wellerman tune. Well, what would you do with a drunken sailor? Throw him in the brig until he's sober! Arrrr!
So interesting ! So many kinds of toon colours .
Amazing!!
Thanks!!
Making a joint video makes me very happy :) Of course if you also want🎹
Great demonstration and very useful for comparing the tone and character of each instrument
Thanks!
the video editing on this is amazing.
I just bought the old green soprano. Great Fun!!
Great choice!
I was looking for a harmonica, but I can Not afford one in any way, just now I saw this Video and I was SO hyped that I instantly bought the student 32 melodica ♡ im in freaking love with that instrument the moment you started playing, thanks for the big brain death to buy this XD
What a beautiful thing!
Greetings from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro.)
Thank you!
Wonderful video! It's already one of my references about melodica comparisons! Thank you very much, Daren!
Glad it was helpful! :-)
I started melodia today !!! Got my first one :) I hope one day to progress to your standard ;)
Great to hear this!!
Love the video, don't think I've seen a video with so many likes and no dislikes. Just bought a Horner Student Melodica 32 and going to learn Wellerman using this, thanks!
Hey, good luck with the new melodica!
@@MelodicaWorld Thank you!
Nice, please keep making stuff
Thanks, will do!
Claviola is beautiful.
One of a kind!
Thank you so much 😊🙏🎉
I like these comparison videos. I thought many of these were newer than that.
Great playing and always good to see when you have a new vid out.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks! I just put the release dates on the vid, but some of them went on for decades...
@@MelodicaWorld Just noticed you’ve passed the 10k subscribers. Congratulations !!!
@@nor0845 Thanks, don't know how that happened :-)
WOW!
Very interesting... Bravo! THANK YOU. 👍🎶🎵
4:52 this sounds amazing
Yes!
Magic !
Everything is great!
Great guide, many thanks!
This is fantastic.
Thanks :-)
Do you have a guide for mixing down the sound of the Melodica during the recording? You sound so professional compared to the average Melodica players.
@@jrscisneros Yes, the most important thing is recording in a good environment. This recording was made with many absorbant sound panels nearby, which left me with a clean sound. I also use a high guality mic, the AKG C414. There's no EQ, just a little reverb from Logic Pro. I tried lots of reverbs until one really suited the melodica and the melody. maybe the thing that most people forget is the instrument has to be in tune!
I like the hohner jubilee and hohner student 32 în 2008 and sound like a tarogato and clarinet
Cerca de mi casa compre una melodica soprano el 60, que lindo escucharla por acá, hermosa colección!
Excelente.
Excelente.
This is a joy.
Awesome playing
I have the Hohner piano 26😍
Well done!
Im in freakn love rn xD
Beautiful
I like the sound
My son has a cheapy chinese version of a melodica. I picked this song to be my first to practice on. Yeah I would pick this song. Harder than it looks, but not bad if I do the notes one at a time. I’ll get the “fluttery” notes later. Lol Day two and I got the basic tune down. I’m not a keyboard type. Fun! It really is.
Good work!
So cool chaps.
Danke!!
I'd never heard the anecdote about the Claviola losing it's tuning under the heat of stage lights, interesting.
Me neither, until 2 days ago when the UK Hohner distributer told me
Excellent! Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Fun fact: For those who wanted to learn the song, it's a Sea Shanty called Wellerman.
That was freaking awesome!
Hermosas melodias BRAVOO
When you broke out with the Claviola... "Awwww f@#$. Rich/lucky bastard! So god-damned jealous am I."
Yes it’s such an interesting sound. I prefer trad Melodicas though…
very helpful video and great performance!
Which one would you say is most similar to playing an acoustic piano? Phone has the best realistic piano kind of action?
I’d say none of them have something similar to a piano action.. they’re much much lighter
@@MelodicaWorld oh I see, it's just that I'm a pianist looking to get a high quality first melodica. I don't know which to go for. I'd like to spend about $100 any suggestions on a specific model?
Awesome 🤩
Love this video
So Good.
Thanks for listening :-)
Great video, thnx !
SUPERFORCE !!!
Beautiful!
Thank you! Cheers!
5:25 I have this --> Hohner Fire.
All of the ones with a traditional keyboard are meant pretty much to be used one handed, however the alto and soprano allow extended possibility to play two-handed (without sitting down, without a tube or a table). A shame there aren''t more melodicas that use the "button" keys.
True. They look nicer too
Keyboard melodicas are often played two-handed. I usually play with it vertically on my lap. Left hand at the top plays the accompaniment (from the back of the instrument); right hand at the bottom plays the melody. Some melodicas have buttons for a guitar strap allowing you to play two-handed standing up with it diagonally across your body.
Take me to your (melodica) dealer😍
Lol :-)
So Good
Thanks!
Love
Excelente video.gracias!!
Thank you!
I like the cassotto, wish I could find one. And the Claviola, but I can't afford that even if I could find one, I'd trade my arms for one lol. Might be hard to play it at that point
Master...
Hey man, not sure if Hohner is paying you or not, but strictly cause of your video, I just bought a Rasta style Hohner online. I own the piano 26 from "61", been looking for an upgrade. So thanks alot this video is sweet and ask Hohner for a peice of that action ✌🏽
Cool, have fun with it! Hohner haven’t paid me anything… :-(
Everybody love Hohner (Special 20 owner here)
I have the grey vintage 26
Hello! Great video. It catches my attention to know where they sell those static hoses since I can't find them anywhere :c
lovely!
Thanks :-)
nicely done! I wonder how big your melodica collection is lol. Please let me know if you made any duplicates of your wooden melodica. Would like to purchase one from you.
Thanks, my collection isn't actually that big. Hohner lent me a load of the new melodicas to make the video! I'll definitely let you know if I make any more wooden melodicas :-)
Hello, the video is excellent, to be able to know all those models, there are several that interest me, but they are vintage, I don't know if I can get them. but the video very well, congratulations
Yes, some of them are old - best to get them on ebay or secondhand
The first time I heard a Melodica I was instantly transported to a sidewalk cafe in Paris France. It has a very Perisian feel to it.
Question, Is this the instrument that is used everytime I hear a french song?
You probably hear a piano accordion most times. But there’s a melodica in the Amalie soundtrack…
Great video!
Thanks!
Harika. 😊