The Harmonium Handbook

This is an excellent and profusely illustrated introduction to an unusual instrument (unusual at least here in South Texas) - - written in a lighthearted and thoroughly approachable style. I'll bet you don't have a harmonium (heck, you may not even know what one is) but for those of us who do it's a very handy guide should you decide to investigate its very interesting history, or its guts. Yep - - that's right, the author not only guides you through degutting your instrument but provides plenty of photographs to help you along the way should you find you have to make adjustments to it or tune it (which he advises you probably will; I certainly did). THE HARMONIUM HANDBOOK won't ever make the best-seller lists, but for those of us who love the harmonium and its bigger relatives (such as the reed organ) it's a very welcome little tome. It even has tips on how to play the darn thing, with examples. Squeeze on.

I just bought my first harmonium and this guide has so much information to help me out: how to play, the functions of parts, repair and adjustments, and history. Appendix of chords and chord inversions. Highly recommended if you want to know the basics of the keyboard instrument known as a Harmonium.

Unless you bought your harmonium from a store that does a good setup on the instrument, chances are you'll need this book. Too many harmoniums out there are out of tune, leaking air, or wheezing. That means they don't get used and discourage their owners from practicing.This book has tons of helpful info for fixing your harmonium. It's a good place to start if you're looking to gain skills in this area. Other skills you'll learn as you start to do repair or maintenance work and develop your own techniques.The playing-learning section is ok, but I've yet to find a good learning source for lessons.It would be great to see a DVD how-to to accompany the repair techniques discussed in the book.

This book is a wonderful resource for just about anything you want to know about the workings of a harmonium. The author is an engineer and it shows. His details and descriptions are basic and to the point.I can say that if you or someone you know wants to learn about the harmonium - how to fix or tune - this is the book for you (or them).

There are not a lot of books on The Indian Harmonium. Thus this book fulfills a need. However, I recommend the editors and authors use modern technology to illustrate instead of using old black and white faded quality photos. Additionally, lots of unnecessary information which swamps the bits of practical information.

Excellent handbook to learn how to care and fix your harmonium. It provides a brief history of its evolution. I was able to fix two rattling reeds and two other that would not sound.

Book covers lots of details, but instrument's pictures are horrible. you can not figure out anything in those pictures which is very disappointing.

Had a quick look through. The book is lovely. It gives instructions how to care for a harmonium. How to play it. I wish I had thisbook when I bought my harmonium in 1995. Oh well it's better late than never.