double reedpipe

Local name: pierdziel
Classification: 4 Aerophones / 42 Wind instruments proper / 422 Reedpipes / 422.1 Reedpipes with double (or quadruple) reeds (oboes) / 422.11 (Single) reedpipes with double (or quadruple) reeds
Maker: Unknown
Date: 20th c.
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MLIM/MS/1583
Description: body made from a spirally rolled piece of willow bark, fastened with a thorn ("przetyczka"); it should have a double reed ("bekas"), also made of willow bark, in the inlet
Measurements: 235 x 15-50 mm
Performance practice: a seasonal instrument, made in the spring; would become porous and unplayable when it dried out; formerly a signal instrument (used by shepherds), often played by children, nowadays sometimes made as a music toy
Catalog card by: Zbigniew J. Przerembski


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