schalmei means A shawm or chalumeau. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From German Schalmei, from Middle High German schalmīe, from Old French chalemie. Compare Middle English shalemye.
noun
- 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.”