page_title: Bladder pipe
hierarchical_section_title: Bladder pipe
caption_attribution_description: The burgomeister and death, showing death with a bladder-pipe. From the Heidelberger Totentanz p. 33.
context_page_description: The Bladder pipe is a medieval simplified bagpipe, consisting of an insufflation tube, a bladder and a chanter; sounded by a double reed, which is fitted into a reed seat at the top of the chanter. The reed, inside the inflated bladder, is sounded continuously, and cannot be tongued. Some bladder pipes were made with a single drone pipe, and reproductions are similar to a loud, continuous crumhorn. The chanter has an outside tenon, at the top, near the reed, which fits into a socket or stock, which is then tied into the bladder.
context_section_description: The Bladder pipe (German: Platerspiel or Blaterpfeife) is a medieval simplified bagpipe, consisting of an insufflation tube (blow pipe), a bladder (bag) and a chanter; sounded by a double reed, which is fitted into a reed seat at the top of the chanter.  The reed, inside the inflated bladder, is sounded continuously, and cannot be tongued. Some bladder pipes were made with a single drone pipe, and reproductions are similar to a loud, continuous crumhorn. The chanter has an outside tenon, at the top, near the reed, which fits into a socket or stock, which is then tied into the bladder.
caption: The burgomeister and death, showing death with a bladder-pipe. From the Heidelberger Totentanz, c. 1488.
exif: {}