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Cabrette (f)

(with) definite article: la

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (single chanter + drone) / no additional drones

Identical types: 7

Obsolete mouth-blown type, it fell in disuse during World War II; NB¹: ➺ bellows-blown Cabrette; NB²: ➺ related & similar terms; NB³: ➺ Carette [sic].

Chanter (➺ Caramèl): B♭ ([e♭¹]-e♭²): 420 mm, or B, C (390 mm), or E♭ (350 mm); Drone (➺ Rondinaïre): f¹.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Tsabrettou

Bofador

Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.105.

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.67.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Baines).

Ricros, André (et al.): La cabrette: histoire & technique d'une cornemuse. s.l. [Riom], 2017, passim [29x; NB: ➺ p.588 (vs Musette)].

Web

cantoin.com (Maison de la cabrette [before 2020]; obsolete).
cantoin.com (Museum 2023).