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The Indian harmonium, hand harmonium, samvadini, peti ("box"), or vaja, often just called a harmonium, is a small and portable hand-pumped reed organ which is very popular in the Indian subcontinent. [1] The sound resembles an accordion or other bellows driven free-reed aerophones. [1]
The Harmonium replaced the Sarangi in the early 20th century and went through tough times as it first was banned as accompanying instrument by All India Radio (A.I.R). Hindustani classical music exponents such as Walawalkar (and many others) established the Harmonium as solo instrument in Indian Classical music. [3] [10]
A hand-pumped Indian harmonium, of the type used in South Asia, here used at a European jazz festival.. The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ using free-reeds that generates sound as air flows past the free-reeds, the vibrating pieces of thin metal in a frame.
Oke, a renowned third generation harmonium artist [1] [2] [5] playing the instrument since the age of four, [4] later learned from the maestro late Pandit Govindrao Patwardhan [2] [5] for 25 years [3] to become an ace Harmonium player. [6] His first public performance was a harmonium solo in 1972 on Mumbai Doordarshan. [5]
Passionate about the study and development of the Harmonium, Sudhir curated an exhibition of antique Harmoniums from his personal vintage collection, along with providing information about the history and the status of the Harmonium, in the International Music Festival 'Baajaa Gaajaa- 2009", which was appreciated by many reputed personalities ...
The following is a list of notable harmonium players. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Tulsidas Borkar (18 November 1934 – 29 September 2018) was an Indian composer and harmonium player. [1] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. [2] Borkar accompanying Chota Gandharva
"Enharmonic keyboard" is a term used by scholars in their studies of enharmonic keyboard instruments (organ, harpsichord, piano, [4] harmonium and synthesizer) with reference to a keyboard with more than 12 keys per octave. Scholarly consensus about the term's precise definition currently has not been established.