Rauschpfeife

Rauschpfeife [?MHGer. Rusch, rush], 1. family of Ger. Renaissance reed-cap shawms, with wide conical bore, 7 front fingerholes, and 1 rear thumbhole, terminating in a bell without flare, the double reed concealed in a wooden cap. A consort of 6 in the Berlin instr. collection was described by Sachs as: soprano, 42 cm. (16½ in.) long in e1; tenors, 54 cm. (21 in.) long in c1; and bass, 86 cm. (34 in.) long in g0. Each of a set of 5 reed-cap shawms in the Prague National Museum (reed caps…