harmonium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of harmonium
1840–50; Latinization of Greek harmónion, neuter of harmónios harmonious
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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
A big presence on stage, he was always surrounded by fellow musicians on Indian instruments like the harmonium and the three-stringed sarangi, and a jamboree of vocalists providing the drone of the tanpura.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
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
He did so on a recent Sunday at the Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha in Fresno, California, seated cross-legged on a dais in the temple’s prayer hall playing a harmonium.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
Inevitably, someone would bring a set of tabla and someone else a harmonium.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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