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Assoprete (m)

(with) definite article: o
(the) blowpipe; ➺ remark(s) below

tube through which the bag of a mouth-blown bagpipe, &c. is inflated

Identical types: 98
Gaita-de-foles

From "soprar" [to blow]; It is provided with a valve (válvula), that prevents air from escaping; NB: ➺ Asoplador.

Assoprador, Insuflador, Soprete

Boquilha, Bucha

Sources

Veiga de Oliveira, Ernesto: Instrumentos musicais populares portugueses [1966]. Lisboa, 1982 (2), p.322.

Web

Gaita-de-foles.net (Gaita-de-fole Trasmontana: ➺ caption to ill.).