Ventil (m)
original: вентил
tube through which the bag of a mouth-blown bagpipe, &c. is inflated
Term only used in the Levač region [central town: Rekovac].
Made of ox-horn; Below the base of its stock a wooden plug is wrapped in a fold in the bag, in order to secure its slightly backward and downward position (i.e. towards the mouth of the piper); NB: Any attempt, including mine, to describe this construction (➺ the English version in Vukosavljević) substantiates the adage "A picture is worth a 1000 words".
Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (»Vukosavljević).
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.27 (Ц/C)*, 29 (»Ljubinko B. Pantić, Kaludra [mun. Rekovac], Levče area).
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