<<Like Bagpipes, they don't really fit the era>>
I suggest reviewing the history of bagpipes. They have been around for a very long time. You could consult Grouts History of Music or the Oxford Dictionary of Music, but Wikipedia also has the following:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Possible ancient origins
The evidence for Roman and pre-Roman era bagpipes is still uncertain but several textual and visual clues have been suggested. The Oxford History of Music claims that a sculpture of bagpipes has been found on a Hittite slab at Eyuk in the Middle East, dated to 1000 BC. In the 2nd century AD, Suetonius described the Roman Emperor Nero as a player of the tibia utricularis.[2] Dio Chrysostom, who also flourished in the 1st century, wrote about a contemporary sovereign (possibly Nero) who could play a pipe (tibia, Roman reedpipes, similar to Greek aulos) with his mouth as well as with his "armpit".[3]
Spread and development in Europe
In the early part of the second millennium, bagpipes began to appear with frequency in European art and iconography. The Cantigas de Santa Maria, compiled in Castile in the mid-13th century, depict several types of bagpipes.[4]
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