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Gordó (-)

(with) definite article: a
hummer

only drone, adjustable: cylindrical, straight, bell, no cavity / single reed

Identical types: 5
Duda

Retrograde or pendulous (➺ Drone positions); In Upper Hungary with a bell (like that of the semidrone), with a tassel; In Alföld drones often have a trumpet-like bend
(➺ Absolute / Relative length).

Made of maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), plum (Prunus domestica) or elder (Sambucus nigra); Sometimes of deer antlers; G: 490-640 mm (3, in Upper Hungary 4, pieces).

Basszussípszár, Bőgő, Bordó / Bördő, Bordósíp / Bördősíp, Büggő, Dudasíp (mély hangú), Gajdolás, Gordószár, Tömlő

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Sources

Sárosi, Bálint: Die Volksmusikinstrumente Ungarns (Handbuch der europ. Volksmusikinstr. 1/1). Leipzig, s.a. [1967], p.88.