Bhava Lite "Travel" Harmonium | Concert Teak Edition
Designed for both performance and timeless beauty, Bhava Concert Teak Edition harmoniums exhibit the very best of what is possible in this instrument.
The Bhava Lite is a minimalist 32-key travel harmonium. Made to sound incredible and last a lifetime, this Concert Teak Edition is a true heirloom-quality build.
This harmonium is simple, reliable, and a joy to play. Whether you are traveling across town or journeying overseas, this is a harmonium you will enjoy bringing along.
Includes:
- FREE Delivery in Switzerland
- Expertly hand tuned and refinement services completed at our workshop in Bern.
- Padded Gig Bag
- Quality Fit and Finish: Chrome hardware components and smooth, durable wood finish.
- Solid Wood Construction: All select grade woods. All sustainably sourced.
- Thoughtful Engineering: Fine-tuned for optimal performance.
- Ethical Manufacturing: Built with a focus on quality over quantity. The result of a healthy work culture, mutual respect, great tools, high-quality materials, proud people, and fair wages.
- Weight: 22 lbs.
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 23.5 x 7 x 12 in. (closed), 23.5 x 13.5 x 13.5 in. (open)
- Color: Natural
- Finish: Matte
- Exterior Construction: Select Pine
- Interior Construction: Select Pine
- Box Type: Folding, Safari Style
- Key Construction: One-piece
- Number of Keys: 32
- Reed type: Punjabi style, Classic
- Reed banks: 2 sets (Bass, Male)
- Reed orientation: Horizontal
- Stops: 2 (Male, Bass)
- Drones: 4 (C, D, G, A)
- Coupler: none
- Scale changer: none
SHIPPING: Your instrument will arrive safely, and if it doesn't, we'll take care of it. Our packing methods have ensured that over 99% of the instruments we ship arrive undamaged. Should things not go perfectly, we will get you a replacement, refund, part or whatever is necessary. No problem.
OUR TUNING PROCESS:
Our standard harmonium tuning process begins at our shop in India and ends in Switzerland, where a member of our staff - all highly trained and deeply experienced musicians - will finalise the set-up and tuning on every harmonium we sell. You won't find a more thorough refinement process anywhere.
Bhava harmoniums are available with the following tuning options:
- Concert Pitch (A440 tuning) - FREE: A Concert Pitch tuned harmonium will match the default tuning for Western Instruments - piano, guitar, etc. - "equal tempered" with the middle A resonating at exactly 440 hz. For this service, all reeds are retuned up and down to scale to correspond with the Concert Pitch standard. This is the best choice for most musicians and students.
- Cosmic Pitch (A432 Tuning) - Add 100CHF/Non-returnable: With this service, all reeds are drastically retuned nearly a quarter tone below standard Concert Pitch to match a middle A resonating at exactly 432 hz. For most customers, this service is neither practical or recommended, but for those who are experimenting in this direction, we do offer the service on select models from our store. While this service will not void any warranty with our store, it is not reversible. Therefore, any harmoniums or shruti boxes tuned to A432 will not be eligible for return or exchange.
An A432 hz. referenced instrument will sound very out of tune when played alongside any traditionally tuned instrument. This means if you are taking a harmonium course, you will not be able to play this instrument alongside your instructor or classmates. Similarly, if you are using this instrument in a recording or performing context, you will not be able to use this unless every other instrument is also tuned to this pitch reference.
While much of India is rapidly advancing, the Indian instrument manufacturing process remains very old school. From touch ups to tuning, much of what we do at Harmonium House is add a layer of quality control to an otherwise non-standardized production process.
Our partners, Old Delhi Music in the US wrote THIS ARTICLE to ensure customers understand and might appreciate this vintage production style, the unique products we carry, and how we're working to ensure genuine quality, despite the odds. It's a quick read, and definitely worthwhile for anyone considering the purchase of a traditional Indian instrument.
Thank you,
Harmonium House