WTB: harmonium

tiger vomitt · Post by **tiger vomitt** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:17 am

anyone have one for sale or know where i can get one in nyc?

thank you!

musicforscenery · Post by **musicforscenery** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:01 am

if you know how to make a couple fixes, i've got one i'd sell. probably not an option though since i'm near chicago...

tiger vomitt · Post by **tiger vomitt** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:04 am

yeah i guess im looking for a well functioning one
but thank you anyway

justinf · Post by **justinf** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:14 pm

Totally. http://www.keshav-music.com./

that's what you want. I got mine there for around $600 I believe. It's awesome (and tuned to A440).

justinf · Post by **justinf** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:17 pm

here's the one I picked after much deliberation:

SWAR LOKA ? Model
Teakwood harmonium 3 1/4 Octaves, 9 stops,
4 extra notes, bass/male reeds,
"Organ Tone" octave coupler. A-440 Tuning

tiger vomitt · Post by **tiger vomitt** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:31 pm

yup i was looking there
the dude is apparently on vacation until the end of the month

i was also hoping to spend about $200

pieter · Post by **pieter** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:08 pm

tiger vomitt wrote:yup i was looking there
the dude is apparently on vacation until the end of the month

i was also hoping to spend about $200

This may not be very helpful since I'm in Los Angeles, but my nearest local Indian market actually has a couple harmoniums and they're both somewhere around $250, which isn't so far off your budget. I don't know how they compare to the ones at Keshav; they may not be as good. They certainly look the same, if the pictures are anything to go by. But the point is that there are new harmoniums available for much less than $600, which means with some luck, you can probably find one.

I've been thinking about buying one for a long time. May do it soon. This thread is motivation!

wallace · Post by **wallace** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:36 am

pieter wrote:
This may not be very helpful since I'm in Los Angeles, but my nearest local Indian market actually has a couple harmoniums and they're both somewhere around $250, which isn't so far off your budget.

Really? What market is that? I'm getting ready to move to LA and would like to get one sometime soon!

pieter · Post by **pieter** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:51 am

wallace wrote:
pieter wrote:
This may not be very helpful since I'm in Los Angeles, but my nearest local Indian market actually has a couple harmoniums and they're both somewhere around $250, which isn't so far off your budget.
Really? What market is that? I'm getting ready to move to LA and would like to get one sometime soon!

It's the India Sweets & Spices on Los Feliz Blvd. in Los Feliz, just east of the 5 freeway. Not to be confused with the multiple other India Sweets & Spices in other parts of LA. All are good markets, but only this one has instruments! If I remember, I'll try to double check that they still have them in stock.

wallace · Post by **wallace** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:51 am

Cool, thanks!!

pieter · Post by **pieter** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:29 pm

I went to the market today for lunch.

They have five in stock, in various different woods. The guy I spoke with isn't knowledgable about their instruments (they have tabla, dholaks, and a bunch of other stuff) so he couldn't say much about tuning. They are made in Rajasthan.

As far as I can tell, they look and sound like every harmonium I ever saw and heard played all over India. Unless there's some very limited high-end versions of these things for maestros, I'd be hard pressed to believe there's a $400 difference in quality between these and the ones above. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong. The one I played today looked exactly like the one above, except the felt was purple instead of red. Same teak(ish) wood.

Price range: $200 to $245. Sounds like a fair deal to me!

toothpastefordinner · Post by **toothpastefordinner** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:39 pm

hey TV I got my bulbul tarang from these folks and they have a $299 harmonium.

http://apollosaxes.com/trha4st.html

no idea if it's good but there you go. click on "ethnic instruments" to see their other stuff. When I bought something off em it came in about a week I think. so I think they're ok

toothpastefordinner · Post by **toothpastefordinner** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:41 pm

Oh my god you can buy a hurdy-gurdy from these people.

http://apollosaxes.com/hurcher.html

I have to go get off the computer now before I accidentally buy one

tiger vomitt · Post by **tiger vomitt** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:24 pm

that website looks awesome but i got one already, it's on its way here. someone be both kinda know hooked it up for me. i think it's arriving tomorrow

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