Grand chalumeau (m)
(with) definite article: leright hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: cylindrical, parallel, no bell / double reed
Though an open pipe, it requires closed fingering; Its lowest hole is closed only to play the lowest tone (f¹), though, and produces otherwise a continuous g¹; 6 of its 14 "fingerholes" are opened through manipulation of closed keys; NB: ➺ homonyms and types.
Range: f¹-g² + a² (chromatic).
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] (➺ Musette).
Wilzek, Ernst: Die Barock-Musette: vom Schäferinstrument zum Virtuoseninstrument. In: Tibia (s.l., 1995;3), p.505.
Wilzek, Ernst: Die Barock-Musette: vom Schäferinstrument zum Virtuoseninstrument (La musette barocca: da strumento di pastori a strumento per virtuosi: sommario di Antonietta Caccia su traduzione di Gabriella Potito). In: Utriculus V;4 (20), ottobre/dicembre 1996, p.15.
Meer, John Henry van der: Typologie der Sackpfeife. In: Anz. Germ. Nationalmus. (Nürnberg, 1964), p.140.