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Carabă (f)

(with) definite article: Caraba
(the) ?

single chanter: cylindrical, straight, bell / single reed

Identical types: 11
Carabă

NB¹: ➺ homonyms; NB²: ➺ Karaba and similar terms.

With 7 fingerholes + a thumbhole; The bell, which has a 90° angle, is made of a separate piece of wood.

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Sources

Alexandru, Tiberiu: Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului român. Bucureşti, 2014 (Reprint of Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului romîn, Bucureşti, 1956), p.78.

WS (specimen in private collection).