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Cabrette
France
Vers la fin du 19ième
Lent by the Musée des musiques populaires de Montluçon
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the
cabrette was a very popular bagpipe with people from the Auvergne region who
had settled in Paris, until the accordion appeared on the scene. During this
period, when Paris was experiencing an economic boom, bal-musettes were
extremely popular. This cabrette has a bellows, a bag and three double stocks
with both a chanter and a drone, which allow the musician to change the tonality.
This instrument belonged to José Roux, who played the cabrette. The
leather bag is covered with velvet and includes the blowpipe, which is to be
attached to the bellows. The bag stock that links the chanter and the drone to
the bag is decorated with a man's head carved out of bramble with glass eyes.
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