https://blog.afandian.com/tags/harmonium/ Recent content in Harmonium on Joe's Blog Hugo en Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/02/new-harmonium-3-bellows/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/02/new-harmonium-3-bellows/ <blockquote> <p>Start with <a href="https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/01/new-harmonium-1-springs/">Part 1</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Bellows are a mystery to me. Even now. There are plenty of tutorials showing you how to draw lines on paper and then fold them up, but my brain doesn&rsquo;t find it easy to visualise it. Easily solved, I&rsquo;ll just make a model.</p> https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/02/new-harmonium-2-deconstruction/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/02/new-harmonium-2-deconstruction/ <blockquote> <p>Start with <a href="https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/01/new-harmonium-1-springs/">Part 1</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>I just wanted another portable harmonium. Whether that meant buying or building one.</p> <p>I saw one on eBay, listed as a fixer-upper that doesn’t play. I had to get it. In the best case I would have a harmonium. In the worst case I would have learned something.</p> <p>The seller was quite open about it not working. I took the gamble, and met him in a car park off the M4. It looked exactly like its photo.</p> https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/01/new-harmonium-1-springs/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.afandian.com/post/2026/01/new-harmonium-1-springs/ <p>I should be clear that I already <em>have</em> a harmonium. It has three octaves, two ranks (voices) and knee-pedals to operate the swells. It&rsquo;s small, and folds up smaller. If you saw me carrying it you might mistakenly think I was struggling with a very heavy suitcase.</p>