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This patented instrument is the 1st and the only harmonium capable of playing 22 Shrutis in the World today. The harmonium has sets of accurately pre-tuned top quality reeds with a simple and special device to select the desired Shrutis required in a Raga. The underlying fundamental mathematical principles generating 22 Shrutis have been explained in depth, in the "22 Shruti Research" section of this website.

Figure shows the 22 Shruti Harmonium.

22 Shruti Harmonium

22-Shruti-Harmonium has the following advantages :

22-Shruti-Harmonium has eradicated the Equitempered notes from Harmonium replacing them with Indian 22 Shrutis.
22-Shruti-Harmonium provides accurately 22 Shrutis in Shadja, Pancham and Madhyam.
22-Shruti-Harmonium is made of normal size despite having 22 reeds per Saptak and is therefore easily portable.
22-Shruti-Harmoniums are available in any given frequency of Shadja.
22-Shruti-Harmonium takes hardly 2 minutes to select Shrutis as required in a Raga.
22-Shruti-Harmonium is the only instrument where closely associated Ragas can be heard with their respectively accurate but different Shrutis of the same Swaras.
22-Shruti-Harmonium is useful for vocalists both for practice sessions and for performance.It will ensure that their voice is singing the precise sounds of 22 Shrutis.
22-Shruti-Harmonium is helpful for other instrument players (Sitar/ Violin/ Sarod/ Flute/Santoor etc) for their accompaniment as it will provide accurate sounds of 22 Shrutis and the instrument-player can play these precisely on his instrument both in practice sessions and performance.

	Video clip - Structure of the 22 Shruti Harmonium
	Video clip - Playing Shadja-Gandhar-Pancham (Major chords) on the 22 Shruti Harmonium : Difference from the Tempered Harmonium