harmonium

American  

[hahr-moh-nee-uhm] / hɑrˈmoʊ ni əm /

noun

1. an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.

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harmonium British  

/ hɑːˈməʊnɪəm /

noun

1. a musical keyboard instrument of the reed organ family, in which air from pedal-operated bellows causes the reeds to vibrate

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Etymology

Origin of harmonium

1840–50; Latinization of Greek harmónion, neuter of harmónios harmonious

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harmonium

The mixture of two pianos and harmonium creates a timbre that somehow manages to seem both eerie and comfortable, and the silences that surround the sounds are as important as the sounds themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

He showed Reuters video clips of him playing the harmonium and rubab, a string instrument, some of which were on social media.

From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023

Some of the items set ablaze in Herat included a guitar, a harmonium and a tabla - a kind of drum - as well as amplifiers and speakers, according to images online.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023

Magical Strings celebrates 44 years of annual Celtic yuletide concerts throughout the Northwest with concerts of dulcimers, concertina, accordion and more accompanied by the violin, cello, whistles, harmonium and harp.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022

Inevitably, someone would bring a set of tabla and someone else a harmonium.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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