BLATERPFEIFE See also:

• BLATERPFEIFE PLATERSPIEL

PLATERSPIEL  , a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval simplified bagpipe, consisting of an insufflation See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube, a See also:

• BLADDER (from A.S. blaeddre, connected with bl¢wan, to blow, cf. Ger. blase)

bladder and a chaunter; the dcuble See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed in its socket at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the chaunter being concealed within the bladder . In the See also:

• PLATERSPIEL, BLATERPFEIFE

platerspiel we recognize the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early medieval See also:

• CHORUS (Gr. xopbs)Z

chorus, a word which in medieval Latin was frequently used also for the bagpipe . In the earlier forms of platerspiels of which we possess illustrations, such as the well-known example of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century reproduced by See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin See also:

• GERBERT, MARTIN (172o-1793)

Gerbert from a MS. at St See also:

• BLASIUS (or BLAisE), SAINT

Blasius, the bladder is unusually large, and the chaunter has, instead of a See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell, the See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal with gaping jaws . At first the chaunter was a straight conical tube terminating in a bell, as in the bagpipe . The later See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments have a See also:

• PIPE

pipe of larger calibre more or less curved and See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent back as in the See also:

• CROMORNE

cromorne . One of these appears in the 13th-century See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish MS., known as the Cantigas de See also:

• SANTA

Santa Maria' in the Escurial, together with a platerspiel having two pipes, a chaunter and a See also:

• DRONE

drone See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by side . Another is figured by Virdung (1511) . There was practically no technical difference between the bent platerspiel and the cromorne, the only distinction being the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and See also:

• SIZE

size of the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-chamber in which the reed was set in vibration by the compressed air forced into it through the insufflation tube or the raised slit respectively of the two instruments . The earlier form of platerspiel is found at the end of the 15th century, in the magnificent See also:

• BOOK

Book of See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

Hours, known as the See also:

• SFORZA
• SFORZA, CATERINA (1463-1509)

Sforza Book' (Brit . See also:

• MUS

Mus.) . An interesting allusion to the platerspiel occurs in an old See also:

• ENGLISH

English ballad.3 Eight shepherds were playing on various instruments: " the fyrst hed ane drone bagpipe, the next hed ane pipe maid of ane bleddir and of ane See also:

• REID, ROBERT (1862– )
• REID, SIR GEORGE (1841- )
• REID, SIR ROBERT GILLESPIE (184o-19o8)
• REID, SIR WILLIAM (1791-1858)
• REID, THOMAS (1710-1796)
• REID, THOMAS MAYNE (1818-1883)
• REID, WHITELAW (1837- )

reid, the thrid playit on ane See also:

• TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)

trump, &c.," from which it is evident that the platerspiel retained its individuality and did not become merged in the bagpipe . (K .