Renaissance bagpipes alto pitch Huemmelchen with black bag
The quiet marktsack (German bagpipes)! For years we have been thinking about expanding our popular marktsack practice chanter into a complete bagpipe. Now we present the result - our marktsack Hümmelchen or also Hümmelchen in A! This instrument has a very special feature: the chanter can be converted into a marktsack practice canter in a few easy steps. Simply pull the chanter with the wind cap from the bag, put the blowing cap on it and you have the marktsack practice chanter!
If you want to start playing the bagpipes, this is the best place to start because the marktsack Hümmelchen draws much less air and above all needs less air pressure than its angry big brother. The loudness is correspondingly moderate, and the marktsack Hümmelchen can be combined with other instruments without amplification and while not mercilessly shouting them down.
The wooden parts of our marktsack Hümmelchen are made of rosewood, the bellows of cowhide leather, which was produced and tanned according to EU standards. The reeds come from quality manufacturers and are made of plastic. Therefore they are more robust and require less maintenance than natural reeds. Our marktsack reed is characterized by its excellent response and tuning stability. The drones are tuned to A and E, the scale of the chanter to A minor with F sharp as an additional note: g - a - b - c' - d' - e' - f '- f#' - g' - a' (G3-A3-B3-C4-D4-E4-E4-F4-F#4-G4-A4).