Bas (m)
only drone, adjustable: cylindrical, bent, bell, no cavity / single reed
Reclining, its ox-horn extension and bell bend downwards; A long, twisted horn is considered ideal, but pipers rarely manage to adorn [their bagpipe with] such a beautiful specimen.
With an "S"-piece (Skłodka); Acoustic length: county Gostyń: 530-620 mm (e♭*); county Rawicz: 590-600 mm (d*); Jarocin-Krotoszyn area: 640-?¹ mm; Buk-Kościan area [Przebierka]: 660-702 mm (B*); county Leszno: 640-?¹ mm; county Szamotuły: 680-695 mm; county Wolsztyn: 690-720 mm [sic; in Sobieska erroneously 27,0-69,0 cm] (G*); *NB¹: Pitches provided by Sobieski, but his survey lacks maximum measures; NB²: ➺ Przebierka (Pitches and remark; ➺ details).
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Sobiescy, Jadwiga [Pietruszyńska] & Marian: Polska muzyka ludowa i jej problemy [Polish folk music and its problems]. Wybór prac pod redakcją Ludwika Bielawskiego [A selection of their works edited by Ludwik Bielawski]. Warszawa, 1973, p.93, 104, 105 (map), 155 (pitches).
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.149 (type only, no term).