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Pyper (m)

(with) definite article: de
plural: Pypers; (with) definite article: de
(the) piper(s)
Doedelzakblazer / Doedelzakker* / Doedelzakspeler

General term, once also used in a general fashion for itinerant musicians who played certain wind instruments (fifes [short transverse flutes without keys], shawms, or bagpipes [and even trumpets]): ➺ Pijper, Piper, and Pipper; NB¹: This term was also used for "Stadstrompetters" (Town trumpeters [Town waits?]); NB²: ➺ German Pfeifer, &c.; NB³: ➺ Scotland.

Sources

Spruit, Mr. J.E.: Van vedelaars, trommers en pijpers. Utrecht, 1969, p.32, 33, 58, 106, 107, 110, 114 (Roel den pyper, stadstrompetter).