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Borla (f)

(with) definite article: a
(the) ?

decorative fringe(s), tassel(s), &c. dangling from any of the pipes, &c.

Identical types: 16

Tassel(s), dangling from (the centre piece (Segundo) of) the drone(s); Misinterpreted by Sachs as the main fringe, dangling from the Ronco (➺ Farrapos).

Perilla, Pingón

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile], p.150b (➺ Gaita gallega).

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.372 (borlama [Croatian, feminine plural, instrumental case]).

Foxo, Xosé Lois: Os segredos da gaita [1982]. Ourense [Orense], s.a. [1985 (2)], p.25.

Estévez Vila, Xaime: A gaita no eido da música [The [Galician] bagpipe in the field of music]. Vigo, 1987, p.25.