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Pinça (f)

(with) definite article: ? [sa/la?]
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clip or strap at the base of the 2 double-reed blades, used for tuning

Identical types: 9
Canyeta

From "pinzas" [tweezers] ?; Bridle of a double-reed.

Sources

Morey, Joan & Artigues, Antoni: Repertori i construcció dels instruments de la colla de xeremiers catalans a Mallorca ([Repertoire and construction of the instruments of the Catalonian bagpipe band in Majorca]). Pròleg [i] bibliografia: Joan Company i Florit. Palma [de Mallorca], 1989, p.47.