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Pisak (m)

plural: Piskove

original: писак (пискове)

mouthpiece(s), whistle(s)

reed consisting of a base (the Body) with a vibrating blade (the Tongue)

Identical types: 55
Peštersko-Starovlaške gajde

Peštersko-Starovlaško region, SW Serbia; NB: ➺ homonyms.

According to Vukosavljević, pipers from the Javor mountain [area] usually make their reeds of Hazelwood (Чибукови [Čibukovi; (Corylus avellana)] or Snowball bush (Козја погача [Kozja pogača (Viburnum opulus Roseum]).

Sources

Вукосављевић, Петар Д. (Vukosavljević, Petar D.): Гајде у Србији – њихова сазвучја и могућност уклапања у савремени народни оркестар = Bag – and – drone pipes in Serbia: their chording and compatibility with a modern folk music orchestra. Београд (Beograd), 1979, p.23 (Х/H)*, 24 (piskove) (»Tahir Gegić, Šare [mun. Sjenica]).

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