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Pisak (m)

plural: Pisci, Piski, or Piskovi
mouthpiece(s), reed(s)

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

Identical types: 55
Gajde

NB: ➺ homonyms.

Made of elder (Sambucus nigra) or cane (Arundo donax, usually cut with a natural node, sometimes smoothened with beeswax, stopping the upper end of the reed base.
NB: According to Kuhač, "… made of rogoz [lit: bull-rush / sedge / reed (a type of cane?; ➺ internet link below)], and on top well plugged".

Kliktarica, Krupni pisak, Pešak, Pisak-rožnjak, Pješak

Čep, Jezičak, Končić

Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.182 (»Ćipuzović), 186*, 191*, 195 (»Kuhač), 235.

Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.46 [2x, incl. Pisci].

ws (linguistics [➺ Dictionaries, &c.]).

Web

Archive.org (Kuhač).
Hiwadesign (Vodene biljke za ribnjak: trska, rogoz i trska. Kako ih razlikovati? [Aquatic plants for the pond: reeds, rushes and reeds. How to distinguish them?; NB: Croatian text only]).