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Chifonie* (f)

(with) definite article: la

bagpipe term also used for chordophones

Identical types: 7

NOT a bagpipe, but according to Wikipedia, a term "applied during the 13th and 14th centuries as a synonym of Symphonia, in the Latin countries more especially, to the hurdy-gurdy"; NB: ➺ homonym (bagpipe).

Sources

Mahillon, Victor-Charles: Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée instrumental du Conservatoire royal de Musique, I-V. Gand, 1893-1912, p.79.

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Archive.org (Mahillon [Find chifonie]).
Google books (Mahillon [Find chifonie]).
Wikipedia (Symphonia [Find chifonie]).