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Opasek (m)

belt

strap around the body, slipped through an eye on (or fastened to) the bellows, to keep the latter in position

Identical types: 6
Dymák

Waist strap of the bellows.

Sources

Číp, Pavel & Režný, Josef: České dudy: výroba, zdobení, ladění [The Czech bagpipe: manufacture, decoration and tuning]. Rožnov p[od].R[adhoštěm], 1991, p.8, 27 (6), 28*.

➺ Číp, Pavel & Režný, Josef: Dudelsack: Bau, Verzierung, Stimmung [German translation of »České dudy...« (Rožnov, 1991)]. Frenštát p[od].R[adhoštěm], 1992, p.6 (Gürtel), 23 (6), 24*.