Huk (m)
only drone, adjustable: cylindrical, bent, bell, cavity? / single reed
It is suggested that the name is derived from "Czapla huk" [Roaring heron (Bittern)], a synonym of Bąk; Retrograde; NB: ➺ Bąk (drone of the Dudy podhalańskie).
Common pitch: F; Total length: 750-800 mm; Ø: ca. 11 mm.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Przerembski, Zbigniew Jerzy: Dudy: dzieje instrumentu w kulturze staropolskiej ([The bagpipe: the history of the instrument in old Polish culture]). Warszawa, 2006, p.34.
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.