Indian harmonium
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The Indian harmonium, hand harmonium, samvadini, peti, or vaja, often just called a harmonium, is a small and portable hand-pumped reed organ which is very popular in the Indian subcontinent. The soun
A Delhi style Bina brand Indian harmonium with a built in suitcase for easy transport and with 9 air stop knobs (stops 2, 4, 6, 8 are drones).
Musicians in Kathmandu, Nepal, playing the tabla and harmonium.
A French guide-chant which was played resting on table with the right hand, the left hand pumps with a handle.
A craftsman repairs a harmonium in his shop in Amritsar, India.
Sheng (instrument)
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The sheng is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.
Indian harmonium
…keyless harmonium, used only to produce drones to support other soloists. The European harmonium developed in the 18th century, inspired by the Chinese sheng, a gourd mouth organ. Various types of European harmoniums and reed-organs arrived in India in the 19th century, some were brought by missionaries. The…
A late 19th-century sheng in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Buddhist art from the Yulin Caves, Tang dynasty showing musicians playing various instruments including a sheng
Sheng – Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
36-reed soprano sheng