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Gudastviri (-)

original: გუდასტვირი

➺ remark(s) below

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones

Identical types: 35

From გუდა (gùda [wineskin]) + სტვირი (stvìri [pipe]); In the early 20th century still distributed in all the eastern provinces, nowadays only found in the central North (prov. Racha); The instrument is usually provided with a decorative cover; NB¹: ➺ my remark to the Turkish term Guda. NB²: ➺ my remark in Čiboni on the problem of Schilakadse's treatment of terminology.


Sources

Атлас музыкальных инструментов народов СССР = Atlas of musical instruments of the peoples inhabiting the USSR [1963]. Вертков, Константин А. (Vertkov, Konstantin A.) / Благодатов, Георгий И. (Blagodatov, Georgij I.) / Язовицкая, Эльза Э. (Jazovickaja, El’za E.). Москва (Moskva), 1975 (2), p.125 / 217 &] Airs (1), p.30.

Schilakadse, Manana [Šilakadze]: Der georgische Dudelsack. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976) (Gudastwiri).

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