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Palheta (f)

(with) definite article: a
plural: Palhetas; (with) definite article: as
➺ remark(s) below

reed, with 2 reed blades ("oboe" reed)

Identical types: 31
Gaita-de-foles

From "palha" [straw].

Tudel

Sources

Veiga de Oliveira, Ernesto: Instrumentos musicais populares portugueses [1966]. Lisboa, 1982 (2), p.323.

Gaita de foles: terminology. In: Gaita de foles, 1, p.22-23.

Gaita de foles, caderno 1. Palmela, s.a. [ca. 2022], p.19.

Web

Wikipedia (Gaita de fole), ➺ Cada secção, um termo, n°03 [NB (Oct. 2025): oddly referring to an ill. of a Scottish bagpipe!].