Komazec, Petar

1937 still active; Lived in Komazeci; Considered the most skilful Diple maker and player in his region; Made wooden parts and reeds only?; 2 of his Diples are now in the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb (inv. nos. 10244 and 10245); Still active in 1937, there were 8 other Diple makers in Komazeci, all of whom were descendants of one and the same ancestor (Todor Komazec, son of Laza, who is said to have started (ca.1767) Diple making in this hamlet, which was named after him), and bore his family name, too: Janko Todorov [son of Todor], Jovan (called "Toma"), Jovan & Milan Savin [sons of Sava], Mile Lazin [son of Laza], Sava ("Damjan"), Stevan, and Todor ("Stevan"), who taught the others the craft, together with Sava (the oldest of them all, then already retired); All 10 of them were highly renowned in their region.