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Muchosa (f)

(with) definite article: ? [la?]
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Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter + drone / b: 1 additional drone)

Identical types: 30

From French "Muse-au-sac"; Prov. Hainaut [Henegouwen], mainly east of the river Scheldt; 1st mention: late 13th century; NB¹: ➺ Cornefou (Flandres, France); NB²: ➺ Picardy (France): Muzosa, and Pipasso.

Usual pitch: B♭; Particular feature: its rather wide chanter bell.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

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Sources

Boone, Hubert: De doedelzak. Woord vooraf door J. Van Haver en A. Doppagne… Inleiding door R. De Maeyer… Brussel, 1983, p.15.

Web

Wikipedia (Pipasso [Text in Picard !]).