🎹 KeyboardWestern Europe
Harmonium
- Hornbostel-Sachs
- 412.132
- Family
- Keyboard
- Origin
- Western Europe
About
A keyboard instrument that sounds free reeds by pumping air with a bellows. Widely used in Indian classical and devotional music as well as Western parlour and church settings.
Famous Examples
4These are specific, historically notable physical instruments — each with its own story, provenance, and place in musical history.
Harmonium; Alexandre Père et Fils
Maker
Alexandre Père et Fils
Harmonium; Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro
Maker
Estey Organ Co.
Location
Brattleboro
Harmonium; Story & Clark
Maker
Story & Clark
Suction Reed Organ; Doherty
Maker
Doherty
Description
Suction-bellows reed organ (American reed-organ type).