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Schäferpfeife (f)

(with) definite article: die
(the) shepherd’s pipe
Schäfferpfeiff / Schäffer-pfeiff

Modern spelling; Podnos incorrectly refers to Day, who uses Praetorius’ spelling, though hyphenated (Schäffer-pfeiff); NB: ➺ similar terms.

Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.119.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Baines; »Klier).

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.22 (»Baines; »Klier; »Day, Catalogue [?]), 49.

Klier, Karl M.: Volkstümliche Musikinstrumente in den [österreichischen] Alpen. Kassel, 1956, p.37*.

Robert, Christian: L’histoire singulière de la musette Béchonnet et de sa progéniture contemporaine européenne = La storia singolare della cornamusa Béchonnet e della sua influenza sull’evoluzione recente di alcune cornamuse europee = The remarkable history of the Musette Béchonnet and its modern descendants in Europe. In: Utriculus XII (45), gennaio/marzo 2008, p.13.