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Kobza* (f)

original: кобза

bagpipe term also used for chordophones

Identical types: 7

NOT a bagpipe, but a homonym, that is a quite common corruption of "koza" [goat], which occurs in Austria, Czechia, Poland, and Ukraine. Actually, Kobza is a correct transliteration of the name of a Ukrainian traditional lute (Compare Cobza, which is the name of its Romanian equivalent).

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].