Maschio (m)
(with) definite article: illeft hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: conical, divergent, bell / double reed
2 pieces: Fuso, screwed into a bell of the half-closed avezzanese type (➺ Wood types used); Leydi (➺ SIMP) mentions the ranges of both chanters combined of 7 sizes (i.e. 2½ (C): c¹ ➺ g², 3 (A♭): a♭ ➺ e♭², 3½ (G): g ➺ d², 4 (F): f ➺ c², 4½ (E♭): e♭ ➺ b♭¹, 5 (C): c ➺ g¹, and 6 (G): G ➺ d¹), showing the range of the left-hand chanter of the 2½ (c¹-d¹-e¹-f¹-g¹) as an example; According to Scaldaferri, "The b♭ of the instruments of the old pipers of Terranova di Pollino was pitched slightly higher", adding that "The bore of both chanters is usually conical".
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.117/* (ranges only, no term).
Scaldaferri, Nicola: La zampogna in Basilicata. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.58-59, 62, 64 (ex.1), 66 (ex.5).