By definition, hornpipe
has come to mean any reed instrument furnished with a horn, either to protect the reed at the mouth end, or to prolong the chanter and fulfill the function of a bell, or both. Such instruments, with or without a bag for their pipe (see bagpipes, page 674), with single or double chanter, are played from India to Spain, and formerly were played all through western Europe. They are characterized by being sounded with single beating reeds...
