Manca (m)
(with) definite article: laleft hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: conical, divergent, bell / single reed
Left hand chanter; The longest pipe of the instrument; Marzi (prov. Cosenza), Cardinale (prov. Catanzaro) and Mesoraca (prov. Crotone); NB¹: ➺ Destra.
2 pieces (Fuso, made of olive (Olea europæa), screwed into a bell of cherry (Prunus avium)); Usually 620-740 mm, but note the considerably larger Manca (935 mm) of the Zampogna a chiavi’nteri played by Alessandro Perri; NB²: According to Leydi: F (f-c¹): 730 mm (size in a 4½ "palmi", but his measures don’t agree with the proportions shown in his tav. 26bis); NB³: See my remark to the Zampogna a mezza chiave (details).
Basso, Quattro, Randa, ·? (chanter, left: remaining designations [not mentioned in available sources])
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.134-135.
Tucci, Roberta: Le zampogne in Calabria. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.110, 112-113.