Harmonium vs. Piano — What's the Difference?

Often used in folk and religious music.

Requires regular tuning and maintenance.

A free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ.

Used extensively in both solo and ensemble settings.

Features a range of stops and drones.

Capable of a wide range of dynamics and expressions.

Operated by pumping air through a bellows.

Has pedals to sustain or dampen the sound.

Primarily monophonic or with limited polyphony.

A large musical instrument with a keyboard, metal strings, and hammers.

A keyboard instrument in which the notes are produced by air driven through metal reeds by foot-operated bellows.

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

An organlike keyboard instrument that produces tones with free metal reeds actuated by air forced from a bellows.

A large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released and can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals.

(music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.

A passage performed or marked to be performed softly.

A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.

(especially as a direction) soft or softly.

A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

(especially as a direction) soft or softly.

A musical instrument with a manual keyboard actuating hammers that strike wire strings, producing sounds that may be softened or sustained by means of pedals.

A passage to be played softly or quietly.

In a soft or quiet tone. Used chiefly as a direction.

(musical instruments) a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings

To play the piano.

(of or with fingers) To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.

To equip with a piano.

To become softer and less intense.

(music) softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music)

(music) Soft, quiet.

(in extended use) Gentle, soft, subdued.

Soft; - a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.

A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.

A stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

(music) low loudness

Used chiefly as a direction or description in music;

Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly

Harmonium.

By hammers striking strings.

Air blown over reeds.

Tuning of reeds and servicing of the bellows.

Typically, twice a year depending on usage and environment.

Piano has a much wider range.

Yes, due to its ability to control the intensity of each note.

Religious and folk music.

Rarely, as they are more common in Indian music.

Yes, it is versatile for both.