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Wood types used

wood types, used in bagpipe making

Identical types: 29

According to Jambrina Leal, "traditionally the most used types [on the banks of the river Duero?; ws] were “urz” (urce: Erica arbórea [Tree heather], E. lusitánica [Spanish heath]), ash [Fraxinus], chestnut [Castanea], and enguelgue [i.e. Montpellier maple (Acer monspessulanum), also called Mundillo; ws], but nowadays [i.e. late 20th/early 21st century; ws] boxwood [Buxus sempervirens]".


Sources

Jambrina Leal, Alberto: Panorama de la gaita de fole en Zamora, Castilla y Leon [sic]. In: Utriculus IX (34), aprile/giugno 2005, p.12.

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