schalmei

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schalmei

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From German Schalmei, from Middle High German schalmīe, from Old French chalemie. Compare Middle English shalemye.

noun schalmeis · schalmey

A shawm or chalumeau. Viols, bassoons, schalmeis (ancestors of the clarinet), horns, trumpets, kettle-drums, and other instruments afterward used in the orchestra were known in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but there were no organizations of them.

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@misc{schalmei_2026,
  title = {schalmei},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schalmei},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}