Captain O’Kane, Chapman Stick and Shruti Box

I am performing live with the Chapman Stick And Shruti Box. The attached bowring foot pedal for the Shruti was created by Richard Bowring. A shruti box (sruti box or surpeti) is an instrument that traditionally works on a system of bellows. It is similar to a harmonium and is used to provide a drone in a practice session or concert of Indian classical music.[1] It is used as an accompaniment to other instruments and notably the flute. Use of the shruti box has widened with the cross-cultural influences of