Schwegel

Schwegel (Ger.) [OHGer.: Schwāgel, shinbone], 1. woodwind instr. widely distributed on the European Continent from the Middle Ages on, in various forms: a) as a tabor pipe, with 2 front fingerholes and a rear thumbhole, an equivalent of the galoubet; it had a narrow cylindrical bore and was made in several sizes, the tenor being also known as Stamentienpfeife; b) in the Alemannic area the word also denoted a *cross flute; as such, it was depicted in the 12th-c. Hortus deliciarum (our first…