Žalejka (f)
original: жалейка
Hornpipe without a mouthpiece: single chanter, bell / single reed (type?)
NB¹: ➺ Žaleika (chanter [synonym of Birbynė], Lithuania); NB²: ➺ my reference (remarks, NB²) in Galeika !; NB³: Compare Gelaika.
Made of cane [Arundo donax?] or goose quill, with 3-7 fingerholes and serrated bell.
Атлас музыкальных инструментов народов СССР = Atlas of musical instruments of the peoples inhabiting the USSR [1963]. Вертков, Константин А. (Vertkov, Konstantin A.) / Благодатов, Георгий И. (Blagodatov, Georgij I.) / Язовицкая, Эльза Э. (Jazovickaja, El’za E.). Москва (Moskva), 1975 (2), p.25, 29 (жалейка, ~у, ~и) / 202 (Zhaléika), [ills.] 10-14, 45, 51 (жалeйкe [➺ Рижóк]), 88 [➺ Рóoпилль], *1 [i.e. record 1]).
Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.48, 49.