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Měch (m)

leather (bag)

air reservoir: flexible (usually of animal skin), ready for the insertion of stocks

Identical types: 105
Dudy

NB: ➺ homonyms, &c.

Nowadays [i.e. late 20th century; ws], a "second skin" of airtight material (gore-tex, &c.) is inserted (in bellows-blown bagpipes only!), to prevent leaking of the bag through weak spots or seams.

Sources

Číp, Pavel & Režný, Josef: České dudy: výroba, zdobení, ladění [The Czech bagpipe: manufacture, decoration and tuning]. Rožnov p[od].R[adhoštěm], 1991, p.5.

Číp, Pavel & Režný, Josef: Dudelsack: Bau, Verzierung, Stimmung [German translation of »České dudy...« (Rožnov, 1991)]. Frenštát p[od].R[adhoštěm], 1992, p.5.