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Pisak (m)

plural: Piski / Pisci
mouthpiece(s), reed(s)

reed consisting of a base (the Body) with a vibrating blade (the Tongue)

Identical types: 55
Mješnica

Brest; Krk (Omišalj; Soline; Stara Baška; Vrbnik (➺ Pisek)); Male Dražice; Studena; According to Marušić/Tombesi one of the names for a down-cut reed in Istria; ➺ Piveto;
NB: ➺ homonyms.

Gunga, Pijesak, Pišćak [?], Pisek, Piska, Piskel, Piveto, Svirale, Sviralica, Trstika (sa zajikom)

Čep, Jezičak, Koljence

Sources

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

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.IX, 36, 126, 128, 138 (piskovi), 141, 143, 158.

Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (Piski [Mala Dražica, Solini]: »Širola [129]).

Marusič, Dario & Tombesi, Roberto: Le cornamuse istriane. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.43.