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Čistelica (f)

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each of the spatulae for spreading bees-wax when tuning, or adjusting a reed

Identical types: 23

From "čistiti" (čìstiti [to clean]) ?; Spatula, dangling from a thread that is tied around the base of the drone stock, and held in place by an ample noose (loop) around the blowpipe; Used for handling beeswax when tuning; Prkovci Stari.

Made of copper or other wire.

Čestelica


Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.186*, 187, 196.

Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (»Širola [129]).