·? (chanter [Term not mentioned in available sources])
single chanter: cylindrical, straight, no bell / double reed
Key: C (b¹-c³); Praetorius shows 5 front-holes and mentions a thumbhole (which would result in 7 tones [range: b¹-b² or c²-c³ ?] only); Compare Dudey [chanter].
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile], p.193 (Hümmelchen).
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Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.353, 366, 374.
Meer, John Henry van der: Typologie der Sackpfeife. In: Anz. Germ. Nationalmus. (Nürnberg, 1964), p.133 (»Praetorius).
Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.522 (1776), [➺ 506 (1570) !].
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975.
Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.22 (»Praetorius), 44.