11 Things You Need To Know When Buying A Harmonium | Advice On Buying A Harmonium, Where To Buy?

[@user-lh3uz1cp7y]

When I bought mine, buying used and repairing was my only option so I bought the one I found with the most keys and thought was old but it was less than 8 years old with over half a century of damage and poorly built. The parts that close holes are cheap pieces of wood that sit on particle board with no felts held down by particle board pieces with unusable rusty screws tapped in like nails so I had to rip them out with only a few having deep enough slots to put a screw driver into and still not coming out all the way. After that, I put bigger screws in and foam on the bottom of the wood parts to make a better seal so now it hardly leaks and the tremulant works then lubricated moving parts as there’s no felts in the parts of the keys pins go through like you see on a piano. Now it’s mostly functional besides the drone notes not working right and always being too quiet because the design but I don’t use those anyway so making sure they don’t leak was my priority. I definitely won’t be doing a full restoration on it cause not a single part of it is of decent enough quality but it’s good enough for someone who can’t afford one once I’m done with it or keep it as a second instrument if I start playing with other since I don’t use standard tuning for my own music but the tuning on my harmonium is super high at 450hz. It's such a shame that the quality we had in the past can no longer be found in a modern instrument, especially the large harmoniums that you pump with your feet and took up almost as much floor space as an upright piano.

[@CyndiMoolekamp]

Wow- this is so helpful. What a kind service you are giving the world. So much knowledge! :) Thanks again.

[@sunnysachdev5039]

You really saved me today. Thank you. ❤

[@spacelara]

I wish I had researched before buying my harmonium today. It’s a scale changer and suitcase style.

[@jennyhong6746]

Sorry! That’s why I’m here right now! What would you do differently?

[@iamgodgodinsideme6502]

Very nice Video!!

[@Lovehealing]

Very good video! Thank you for your work!

[@VladimirMagalashvili]

Thank you very much! It's very helpful!!!

[@gyaan_gomti]

Thank you very much for the video 🙏🙏

[@karamatgillmasihofficial3028]

Good information. Thanks for sharing sir. God bless you.🙏❤️🙏

[@chanroopchund9958]

Thank you great advise. I appreciate it.

[@veronica222]

It would've been helpful if you gave us some context in point 2 about what kinds of prices to look for. For example how much the ones you've seen cost, including the details about where and when you are to adjust for currency and inflation.

[@TheHarmoniumEvolution]

Hi Veronica, please send me an email and I’m glad to help 😉 [e-mail]

[@techgautam422]

Good guide

[@amitprbhatt]

Great information. Thanks for sharing.

[@hasb826]

Thank you. Clear and helpful advice. 💖🙏

[@ricardaskairaitis2333]

Thank You!

[@mukundmukund7884]

Very useful information thank you sir

[@euustak]

Hello! How would transport in a plane the 1-piece model harmonium? Are there special suitcases? Thank you!

[@SHANKAR_OFFICIAL.]

Very nicely explained . Keep it up myan ❤️

[@almas7411]

One thing that was very important to mention where to buy online harmonium with your experience

[@apu.ehsanehsan1803]

You have described everything calmly, very clearly and in detail. It will greatly help a buyer to buy a good harmonium. Thank you so much.

[@olivier4786]

Hi, thanks for the video, your advices are very clear and very helpful. For my part, I intend to go to a physical shop during a trip to London There is however one information missing: what about the numbers of stoppers ? Is it really important to have as much as possible, or is it enough with 6 or 7 stoppers? Thanks again !

[@TheHarmoniumEvolution]

The amount of stoppers are not super important, 6-7 are definitely fine

[@jjkkjjkkjk]

trying to buy a harmonium. great advice but you want me to ask so many questions to the seller I feel bad for him🤣 all worth though

[@angelaramkarran4714]

Great advice

[@Viooltje831]

I should’ve known all this when I chose my harmonium in India!

[@pastorstephen8033]

And How Much Price in Brazil Reals + Dallors

[@Acelevi999]

Harmonium for a beginner? 🙏 please

[@MrNicolaiThomas]

when you know how to play all the chords and how to transpose chords you don't need a scalechanger, right?

[@euustak]

Exactly..

[@sebsoud]

indeed, the advice about scale changer is useful for non-musicians... and anyway if someone wants to play while really learning about music, it's good to learn what is needed to know how to transpose by oneself (which gives a good understanding of scales and chords)

[@galwaytribesman9289]

50 years ago?