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Desaugüe (m)

(with) definite article: el
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No identical types known (yet).
Fuelle

From "desaugar" [to drain]; Tap for draining, after playing, saliva from the bag, in order to prevent both bag and reeds from getting mouldy.

This device is not generally appreciated; Still, most gaiteiros prefer to remove the blowpipe and then empty the bag, attaining the same result.

Grifo / Grifón

Clavija

Sources

García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.100.

Foxo, Xosé Lois: Os segredos da gaita [1982]. Ourense [Orense], s.a. [1985 (2)], p.25.

Dictionaries, &c.

Castro Macía, Luís: Diccionario Xerais Galego-Castelán || Castellano-Gallego. Vigo, 2001