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Pisak (m)

plural: Piskovi

original: писак (пискови)

mouthpiece(s), whistle(s)

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

Identical types: 55
Gajda

NB: ➺ homonyms.

According to Vukosavljević, chanter reeds are made of Locust branch [Багремова гранчица (Robinia pseudoacacia?)], those of semidrone and drone, of elder [зова (zòva; Sambucus nigra)].

Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.178.

Jakovljević, Rastko Stevan: Marginality and cultural identities: Locating the bagpipe music of Serbia. Durham, 2012, p.289* (»Vukosavljević).

Вукосављевић, Петар Д. (Vukosavljević, Petar D.): Гајде у Србији – њихова сазвучја и могућност уклапања у савремени народни оркестар = Bag – and – drone pipes in Serbia: their chording and compatibility with a modern folk music orchestra. Београд (Beograd), 1979, p.47 (Ц/C)*, 48 (piskovi) (»Mirko Francuski, Kikinda).