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Szperacz (m)

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

Identical types: 23

Connected with "szperać" [to rummage] ?; Spatula, used for handling beeswax when tuning, dangling from the Rzetożek.

Made of metal.

Przetykacz, Szparacz, Szparhok

Sources

Kopoczek, Alojzy: Ludowe instrumenty muzyczne polskiego obszaru karpackiego: instrumenty dęte (Folk instruments in the Polish Carpathian region: wind instruments). Rzeszów, 1996, p.106, 107*.