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Borčawa (f)

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only drone, adjustable: details?

Identical types: 9
Měchawa

Misinterpreted by Leydi as a Czech term.

Pitch: F₁ (contra octave).

Barakawa, Barcawa, Berzawa, Bruma

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.146.

Raupp, Jan: Der sorbische Dudelsack. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.33.