The
Harmonium is an instrument that is indispensable in India
and that is used in the religious field, in classical
music, in folklore and for playing within the family.
It owes its popularity mainly to its easy handling. The
Harmonium can be compared in its functioning to the accordeon.
Air is pumped into an enclosed space by means of bellows.
With a keyboard it is possible to open specially defined
holes, through which the pumped air is then pressed. The
reeds attached to the openings (double, triple or quadruple
reeds) are set vibrating and so produce the desired note.
TARANG
has reduced the big range of Harmoniums from many different
manufacturers as the quality of the product line "PALOMA"
is so convincing that we decided to mainly go with that
models. An exeption is the standmodel of Manoj Kumar Sardar
which has an octave coupler.
FOLDABLE
HARMONIUMS AND STAND MODELS Many years we offered mainly the folgable harmoniums
of different makers as the fact that many clients want
to carry their instrument or travel with it made it obvious
for us to concentrate on this models. But as this harmoniums
are higher in weight and in price and because due to the
more of machanical parts more problems can arise we now
changed our mind and offer mainly stand models which causes
less problems and which are also very good for transportation
in connection with the new flexible carry bag from Paloma.
As the weight of the harmonium is also less then that
of the foldable ones we think that is a good decition
to go on. The only foldable Harmonium we have is the scale
changer from Paloma. With that instrument we had continnous
good experience and we are able to recommend it highly.
STANDARD
HARMONIUM
Standard model we have from Paloma. This is an excellent
instrument in good workmanship and good sound quality.
PREMIUM
HARMONIUM
Compared to the standard model this instrument has higher-value
features. Compared to the standard model of the same manufacturer
this instrument has substantially better mechanics and
quality of workmanship.
COMPACT
TRAVEL HARMONIUM
This instrument is very well suited for mobile use. The
travel model is supplied with a protective flexible carry
case to protect it when transported and against dust and
scratches. It has much less weight and is smaller then
the other instruments, yet it is a high quality Harmonium
with full sound range. .
HARMONIUM
WITH COUPLER
As there is no Paloma harmonium with coupler available,
only the more expensive scale changer we offer an instrument
from Momoj Kumar Sardar. The possibility of using the
coupler enables the player to activate the next lower
octave at the same time which results in having up to
six reeds resounding simultaneously. So the coupler makes
it possible to produce, together with the double or triple
reeds, a particularly powerful, voluminous sound.
SCALE-CHANGER-HARMONIUM
The scale-changer model is foldable and its special features
are a particularly careful workmanship and a harmonious
and full sound pattern. The keyboard has 42 keys and so
supplies you with a tonal range of 3 1/2 octaves. 5 adjustable
drones are possible. Triple or double reeds make sure
that every note is provided with three/two reeds (for
high, middle and low octave respectively). Three registers
with different settings make various timbres possible
by blowing the reeds either separately or in any number
of combinations. The possibility of using the coupler,
which is also available, enables the player to activate
the next lower octave at the same time which results in
having up to six or eight reeds resounding simultaneously.
So the coupler makes it possible to produce, together
with the triple reeds, a particularly powerful, voluminous
sound.
