Shepherds pipes ("Schaper Pfeiff")
This is my free interpretation of the so called Schaper Pfeiff that we find in Michael Praetorius famous Syntagma Musicum (Wölfenbüttel, 1619) .
The shepherds pipes have a conical chanter, where the sound is produced through a double reed.
They can be overblown a half octave, giving a range of 1½ octaves including nearly all semi-tones.
The two drones sit parallel in a doublestock and are tuned one and two octaves respectively below the chanters lowest tone ("6-fingering").
The drones, which have single reeds, lie either over the shoulder or bent forwards.
The following keys are available:
- A/A
- G/C
- F/Bb
- D/G
(6-/3-fingering)
