Way cool.  

Very interesting. I have seen them a handful to times at Hindu weddings, where the playstyle is QUITE different, and is much more energetic and rhythmic, but it works surprisingly well as a drone accompaniment as well. Makes sense since you don't actually have to control the speed or force of the bellows at all, so you just flip a switch to the chord you want and don't have to worry about feel or rhythm. Pretty clever.

Very cool.  I had to look up the difference between a shruti box and a harmonium... both play background drones. The shruti box is more simplified, without an actual keyboard like the harmonium has, instead with a handful of 'chord' buttons, like an autoharp.  learned something new!

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Jean Ritchie's version, with an unusual, non-dulcimer accompaniment.