Čačkalo (n)
original: (чачкало)
each of the spatulae for spreading bees-wax when tuning, or adjusting a reed
Spatula, dangling from the bell; Used for handling beeswax when tuning; Location?; NB: ➺ Čačkalica.
Made of metal (Kuhač: lead).
NB: ➺ remark concerning the unknown instruments !
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.178, 196 (»Kuhač).
Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (»Širola [129]).
Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.46 (= bočka; NB: ➺ also čačkalom [instrumental (grammatical case)]).