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Sackpfeifer / Sackpfeiffer (m)

(with) definite article: der
plural: = singular; (with) definite article: die
(the) bagpiper(s)
Dudelsackspieler

From the "Kammerrechnungen [criminal records] der freien Reichsstadt Regensburg" 1478 (Sackpfeiffern) and 1479 (Sackpfeifern); In 1590 also mentioned by Philipp Nicodemus [Nikodemus] Frischlin (1547-1590) in his comedy "Ruth", act III, scene 4 (... ein sackpfeiffer [sic]).

Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.353 (»Sachs).

Balling, Georg: Zur Geschichte der Sackpfeife in Bayern. In: Der Dudelsack in Europa, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Bayerns (1996), p.5.

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.505 (1567).

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.17-18 (»Spangenberg: Sackpfeiffer), 18 (»criminal records: Sackpfeifer), 21 (»Frischlin: Sackpfeiffer).

Junius, Hadrianus (Hadriano Ivnio): Nomenclator omnium rerum propria nomina variis linguis explicata indicans … Antverpiæ [Antwerp], 1577, p.348.

Web

Google books (Hadrianus Iunius [Find vtricularius (entry Aſcaules) [sic]: ➺ ſack=pfeiffer]).
ibidem (e-reader) (Frischlin (1857), "Ruth", act III, scene 4 [➺ p.115, BENIAMIN [2]: sackpfeiffer]).