Old musical instruments: shalmei and dulcian
In companies that make 'old music' (music from the Middle Ages or Renaissance) you will encounter: the shalmei, the pommer or the dulcian. Since I myself play within the 'Stadpipes of 's-Hertogenbosch' on both the shalmei and the dulcian it might be nice to tell us what instruments are.
Origin
A schalmei is a wooden wind instrument with a double reed. In the past, the shalmei was found throughout Europe, Asia and North Africa. Probably it is the Crusaders who came into contact with the instrument during the Crusades. They brought it home and the instrument became known in Europe already in the early Middle Ages. The shalmei is the precursor of the modern oboe.
Historical Groups
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