Hohner Student 32 Melodica

A short piano keyboard that runs on breath.

Blow through the mouthpiece and a pressed key lets a reed speak. The flexible tube makes for an odd sight: you can set the instrument down and play the keys while your breath supplies the sound. Let up on the air and the same held note grows quiet.

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WHY IT CAUGHT OUR EYE

Your fingers choose a piano note, but your lungs shape it like a wind instrument. That split makes a familiar-looking keyboard surprisingly expressive.

BEFORE YOU BUY

This is the black 32-key model. The case and playing tube are visible in the photograph.

Black 32-key Hohner Student 32, sold on this US listing as the 32B Instructor, with a hard case.