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Kotka (f)

she-cat

stock for the chanter(s)

Identical types: 26

Usually it has the shape of a goat’s head; Oddly, Kopoczek confirms this, though he shows, in his main illustration, a stock without any ornament; NB: ➺ Kotka (2 and 3).

Made of wood; If a goat’s head, decorated with pieces of horn, porcelain buttons, &c.

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Sources

Kopoczek, Alojzy: Ludowe instrumenty muzyczne polskiego obszaru karpackiego: instrumenty dęte (Folk instruments in the Polish Carpathian region: wind instruments). Rzeszów, 1996, p.112, 114*, 140.

Personal communication

Franciszek Mrowiec (Żywiec, Nov. 2000).