Indian harmonium

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title: Indian harmonium
text: The Indian harmonium, hand harmonium, samvadini, peti ("box"), or baja, often just called a harmonium, is a small and portable hand-pumped reed organ which is very popular in the Indian subcontinent. The sound resembles an accordion or other bellows driven free-reed aerophones. Reed-organs arrived in India during the mid-19th century, possibly with missionaries or traders. Over time they were modified by Indian craftsmen to be played on the floor, and to be smaller and more portable. This smalle
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description: Indian free-reed organ musical instrument
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_harmonium
date created: 2018-06-04T10:43:37Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T16:16:05Z
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