Harmoniums & Shruti Boxes
£259.00
(inc. VAT)
Wooden box with bellows that produces 12 sound voices. Chords are set with the knobs. Often used to accompany vocals and solo instruments, the shrutibox is pumped evenly with one hand. Perfect for yoga, meditation, chanting and rituals.
- Harmoniums are keyboard operated reed instruments which are powered by wind bellows
- The bellows can be foot operated or, with the Indian instruments, by hand
- The Victorian British introduced the harmonium to India as a more stable alternative to the piano in a humid climate
- The instrument was then developed in a more portable form with the addition of drones to accompany singing
- The shruti box is just the drones without the keyboard and is great for setting a background to sing or play a melodic instrument against