schreierpfeifen.
A musical instrument of the variety collectively known as schryari n.
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1939 A. Carse Mus. Wind Instruments xi. 129 Still more shadowy are the schryari or schreierpfeifen of which Praetorius gave a brief description... Not a single specimen is known.
1957 A. C. Baines Woodwind Instruments & their Hist. x. 258 Several German inventories..mention a consort of Schreierpfeifen or Schryari (‘crying’ or ‘screaming’ pipes..). These do not seem to occur in any known account of a musical performance, but Praetorius says that they could be used either alone or with other instruments.
1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance 51/1 The origin of the name Schreierpfeife (Italian schryari) is unclear: perhaps it had something to do with the instrument's ‘screaming’ tone quality.
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