Huk (m)
only drone, adjustable: cylindrical, bent, bell, cavity? / single reed
Retrograde; Usually richly decorated with tin inlay, according to Katarzyna & Maciej Szymonowiczowie, "alternated with rings of animal horn, studded with rivets, and in addition there are usually a few centimetres wide brass rings around the ends of each stawka to strengthen the instrument [i.e. to prevent the wood from cracking; ws] and increase its aesthetic value"; NB: ➺ my remark to Hók.
ca. 1000 mm (Szymonowiczowie: 700-940 mm, i.e. the exact length of the 3 stawki connected, without the Koziczka and Zadni róg), Ø: 16-28 mm; Pitch: D or E♭.
NB: ➺ Wood types used.
Kopoczek, Alojzy: Ludowe instrumenty muzyczne polskiego obszaru karpackiego: instrumenty dęte (Folk instruments in the Polish Carpathian region: wind instruments). Rzeszów, 1996, p.105, 106, 108*, 140.
Pilecki, Czesław: "Gajdy": ludowy instrument muzyczny w Beskidzie Śląskim (Les "gajdy": instrument de musique populaire du Beskide de Silésie). In: Roczniki etnogr.śląskiej 4 (Wrocław, 1972), p.96 (hukiem [instrumental case]), 102, 103.
Szymonowiczowie, Katarzyna & Maciej: Gajdosze (album). Żywiec, 2014, p.85, 91, 96 & passim.