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Moldánky (gender unknown) (plurale tantum)

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Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 3 drones in 1 stock)

Identical types: 12

From Latin "multus" [many / a lot] ?; Bagpipe with 3 drones [Hence, perhaps, its name]; NB: ➺ Slovakia.

Moldánky

Mulitanky, Multanki / Multánky

Sources

Kunz, Ludvík: Die Volksmusikinstrumente der Tschechoslowakei, 1 (Handbuch der europ. Volksmusikinstr. 1/2;1 [Böhmen und Mähren]). Leipzig, 1974, p.122.