Cornamuse

Alto Cornamuse in F, made of pear wood (Reconstruction by Dominik Bauer, Saarbrücken)

The cornamuse is a double reed instrument dating from the Renaissance period. It is similar to the crumhorn in having a windcap over the reed and cylindrical bore. In Syntagma musicum II (1619), Michael Praetorius writes: "Die CornaMuse sind gleich aus/und nicht mit doppelten/sondern mit einer einfachen Röhre/gleich den Bassanelli" (The cornamuse are similar to/and do not have a double, but rather a single tube (bore)/like the bassanelli.) This statement differentiates it from double bore instruments of the period like the sordun, kortholt and curtal. Praetorius unfortunately did not include a woodcut of the cornamuse, but his depiction of the bassanello has a single bore and double reed. An additional clue, however, to the appearance of the cornamuse is given in his description of the schryari: ("They...are nearly the same as the cornamuse in size and appearance".) Assertions by some modern writers about the cornamuse having a single reed stem from the misreading of "Röhre" (pipe, tube, duct, canal) as "Rohr" (reed).

Since the paragraph (see picture) by Praetorius is the only clear description of the cornamuse and no period specimen has been found, all reconstructions of the instrument rely on a certain amount of conjecture.

Description of the Cornamuse, a renaissance instrument, by Michael Praetorius

The name is not to be confused with cornemuse, which is the French word for bagpipes.

External links

Musica Antiqua Cornamuse Page
Building a Cornamuse in F (Alto) (archive)

Double reed instruments

(also includes those with quadruple and sextuple reeds; does not include bagpipes)

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American traditional	Chirimía Trompeta china

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