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Cimpoi "oltenesc" (n)

(with) definite article: Cimpoiul "oltenesc"
(the) "Oltenian" bagpipe
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Confusing "nickname", mentioned in Alexandru for the chanter type used in Oltenia (with 6 fingerholes + a thumbhole); NB: ➺ Fluier (tipul) oltenesc.

Sources

Alexandru, Tiberiu: Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului român. Bucureşti, 2014 (Reprint of Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului romîn, Bucureşti, 1956), p.382 (Index; ➺ p.80 (Cu fluierul simplu... 2): [with six fingerholes in the front of the tube and one in the opposite side, above them, just like the fluiers [sic] with seven fingerholes (the Muntenia type, sometimes improperly [i.e. incorrectly] called "Oltenesc"]; NB: NOT as such in index (Materii) !).

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