Muchosa (f)
(with) definite article: ? [la?]Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter + drone / b: 1 additional drone)
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.
Cornemuse d’Hainaut, Mouchafou, Moujacou, Moujasac, Muchafou, Muchasac, Muchosac / Mucho-sac, Muse-au-sac, Muso-sa, Muzosa, Muzosac, Muzosak, Muzosså, Məsjosak [sic]
• Show players and builders of this instrument
Boone, Hubert: De doedelzak. Woord vooraf door J. Van Haver en A. Doppagne… Inleiding door R. De Maeyer… Brussel, 1983, p.15.