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Chalemie (f)

(with) definite article: la

single chanter: conical, straight, no bell / double reed

Identical types: 29
Musette d’Allemaigne

According to Trichet (ca. 1640) a musette chanter with a reed-cap; Definition in Verschuere Reynvaan: "It is the shawm; the pipe or flute on the Muʃette or Doedelzak [bagpipe] is also thus called"; NB: ➺ homonyms.

Cornemuse

Sources

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975, p.87 (»Trichet), 126 (➺ Cornemuse, 2);.

Verschuere Reynvaan, J. [Joos]: Muzijkaal kunstwoordenboek, ..., [vol. 1: A-M]. Amsteldam, MDCCXCV [i.e. Amsterdam, 1795], p.118 (CHALéMIE [sic]).