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Sackpfeiff / Sackpfeiffe (f)

(with) definite article: die
(the) bagpipe
Dudelsack

17th century; Spellings in Praetorius; 16th century plural form: Sackpfeiffn; NB: The "Sackpfeiff mit dem Blaßbalg" depicted in Praetorius (➺ plate XIII;4) is actually a Musette de cour.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde [1920]. Leipzig, 1930 (2), p.352 (»Virdung).

Praetorius, Michael: Syntagma musicum, 2: de organographia. Wolfenbüttel, 1619. Herausgegeben von Wilibald Gurlitt [1958]. Kassel, 1964 [facsimile (2)], p.6, 25, 42, 43, & passim; plate XIII;4 (Sackpfeiff mit dem Blaßbalg).

Meer, John Henry van der: La sordellina: organologia e tecnica esecutiva. In: Baldano: Libro per scriver l’intavolatura per sonare… (1995), p.75 (»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.508 (1599: Sackpfeiffn).

Schmidt, Ernst Eugen: Sackpfeifen in Schwaben: zur Wiederentdeckung eines vergessenen Volksmusikinstruments (Cornamuse nello Schwaben: alla riscoperta di un dimenticato strumento della musica popolare: sommario di Antonietta Caccia su tradizione di Wiebe Stodel). In: Utriculus VII;1 (25), gennaio/marzo 1998, p.17 (»Brant: Sckpfeiff), 21 (»Franck: Sackpfeiff), 22-23 (33) (»Harder [Herbarium]: Sackpfeiff).

Montbel, Eric: Les musettes de Cour dites aussi «musettes baroques». In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.145 (Sackpfeiff mit dem Blasbalg [sic]; »Praetorius).