The Harmonium Handbook - Softcover

Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt

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ISBN 10: 8178222132 ISBN 13: 9788178222134

Publisher: New Age Books, 2004

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The Harmonium Handbook provides detailed instruction in how to play, maintain, and repair this popular devotional instrument. It also reveals the colorful history of free-reed instruments such as the harmonium, which dates back to the time of Marco Polo. The story behind the modern version of the harmonium is a fascinating testimony to the love, skill, innovation, and intermingling of many of the world's great cultures. The Harmonium Handbook Reveals: The history of the Indian harmonium, from Ancient China to Europe and America. The essentials of owning and caring for Indian harmoniums, helping them give many years of service. How to play the harmonium in a variety of styles, from the simple to the complex, including single-note melody, melody with a drone, chords, and other more advanced methods (a complete appendix of chords and chord inversions is provided. How to explore the "inner realms" of the instrument and perform a variety of adjustments and corrections, including how to tune a harmonium's individual brass reeds. Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt is a former Microsoft design engineer. He offers precision, inspiration, and an occasional dose of wit in sharing both his musical and technical experience with this special instrument.

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This is one of the only detailed manuals that is both easy to follow and full of helpful solutions to fixing and maintaining a harmonium written in English.

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After a pilgrimage to India in 1998, during which I had the opportunity to visit the Bina factory in Delhi, I began importing harmoniums on a regular basis. But after being flown halfway around the world, most harmoniums arrive in my home of Seattle in less than perfect condition. This has given me abundant opportunities to explore the fine details of the instrument and to find solutions to a wide variety of technical problems.

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