Thecabrette (French: literally "little goat", alternatelymusette) is a type ofbagpipe which appeared inAuvergne,France, in the 19th century, and rapidly spread toHaute-Auvergne andAubrac.
The cabrette comprises a chanter for playing the melody and a drone, but the latter is not necessarily functional. Though descended from earlier mouth-blown bagpipes, bellows were added to the cabrette in the mid-19th century. It is said that Joseph Faure, ofSaint-Martin-de-Fugères enHaute-Loire, first applied a bellows to the cabrette. Faure, a carpenter stricken with lung disease, was inspired when he used a bellows to start a fire.