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Pisak (m)

plural: Piski, or Piskovi (➺ Below)
mouthpiece(s), reed(s)

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

Identical types: 55
Dude

Bjelovar-Križevci area (Ivanovčani [instrument from Ždralovi; plural: pìskovi]; Kapela [plural: piski]; Veliki Raven; Ždralovi); NB: ➺ homonyms.

Made of elder (Sambucus nigra); The reed of the small drone is smaller than those of the chanter and semidrone; That of the main drone is larger.

Jezik

Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.200, 202 (»Križan), 205 (»Čižmeković).