Epkalo (n)
original: епкало
non-return valve of the blowpipe
Term, according to Širola used in Banat, whereas Gojković states that it is mostly used in the Banat region; In his dictionary, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić indicates, however, that it is used in the Serbian part of the Srijem region [i.e. Syrmia] of the Pannonian Plain.
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.176 (»Trojanović), 195 [»Kuhač?].
Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979.
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.48 [3x], 91, 95 (➺ zalistak).