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Musette de cour (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) court Musette

Bagpipe, bellows-blown: 2 stocks (a: double chanter / b: drone)

Identical types: 2

ca. 1650-late 18th century; with a 2nd chanter added, before 1672, by Martin Hotteterre; NB¹: ➺ Parlour pipe, Shuttle pipe, and my remarks to Gaitilla; NB²: ➺ All Museta, &c.

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Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.354, 355.

Montbel, Eric: Les musettes de Cour dites aussi «musettes baroques». In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.166, 167*, 173* [parts; Chédeville?], 176 (Rameau).