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Manxa borrega (f)

(with) definite article: ? [sa/la?]
(the) sheep bag / ~ bellows
Sac de gemecs

According to Marcuse an obsolete name (used 1527-1533), but according to Tomás i Cucurull and Vallverdú i Segura, apparently still used in Sant Quintí de Mediona [WNW of Barcelona] and according to Vallverdú i Segura, also in the comarca [county] Penedès [W of Barcelona]; NB: According to Vox, Diccionari manual Castellà-Català (1974) "manxa" translates as "fuelle" (Vox, Español-English: bag [of a bagpipe] or bellows).

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.42.

Tomàs i Cucurull, Jordi: El sac de gemecs [The Catalonian bagpipe]. Llorà-Gironès, 1985, p.99.

Vallverdú i Segura, Jordi "Xufu": Sac de Gemecs: Rescued to play. In: Chanter, Winter 1995, p.32 (»Amades).

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Donostia/Tomás; »Ricart-Matas, pers. comm.).

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.31 (»Donostia/Tomás; »Marcuse).

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