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Kontrasíp (-)

(with) definite article: a
counter pipe

variable drone

Identical types: 10
Sípszár

The actual semidrone, with bell; NB¹: In Leydi and, accordingly, Gioielli, ignorantly abridged into "Kontra" [counter / double]; NB²: ➺ Kontra; NB³: ➺ Dallamsíp.

Pipa, Pipka

Sources

Sárosi, Bálint: Die Volksmusikinstrumente Ungarns (Handbuch der europ. Volksmusikinstr. 1/1). Leipzig, s.a. [1967], p.87.

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.155 (Kontra).

Gioielli, Mauro: Appunti su alcune cornamuse europee. In: Utriculus VIII;2 (30), aprile/giugno 1999, p.29 (Kontra).

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