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Bälgpipa (-)

(with) definite article: Bälgpipan
(the) bellows pipe
Säckpipa / Säck-pipa

Spelling in 15th, 16th and 17th century sources; Leksand.

Sources

Rehnberg, Mats: Säckpipan i Sverige ([The bagpipe in Sweden]). Stockholm, 1943, p.14 (»Magnus), 15 (»Schroderus), 46 (14-1600-talen), 60 (15th-16th centuries).

Gudmundson, Per: The bagpipe and its place, past and present, in Swedish folk music. [Title on cover: säckpipa]. In: Proc. International bagpipe symposium… (The Hague, 1988), p.84 (Leksand).

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.30, 32.

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.31 (»Rehnberg), 102.