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Rożek (m)

horn

lowest note possible on the chanter

No identical types known (yet).

Term used by gajdosze [makers and pipers] for the [sound of the] lowest tone of a gajdzica; On a Gajdy in D major it is the a of the small octave; Mentioned by piper / pipe maker Czesław Węglarz (*1957), in an interview of 13 June 2014; NB: ➺ Przedni rożek (chanter bell).

NB: "a" (of the small octave) to be replaced with staff-notation.


Sources

Szymonowiczowie, Katarzyna & Maciej: Gajdosze (album). Żywiec, 2014, p.91 (»Węglarz).