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Gralla (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) jay / crow [?]
Grall

Also a shawm; According to Leydi, a name "more specifically used for a popular [i.e. traditional; ws] shawm, without a bag, with [its] reed protected in [sic] a reed cap".

Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.42.

Tomàs i Cucurull, Jordi: El sac de gemecs [The Catalonian bagpipe]. Llorà-Gironès, 1985, p.31.

Vallverdú i Segura, Jordi "Xufu": Sac de Gemecs: Rescued to play. In: Chanter, Winter 1995, p.32 (»Amades).

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Donostia/Tomás; »Mahillon).