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Destra (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) right

right hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: conical, divergent, bell / single reed

Identical types: 2
Zampogna a chiave

Right hand chanter; Marzi (prov. Cosenza), Rombiolo (prov. Vibo Valentia), Cardinale (prov. Catanzaro) and Mesoraca (prov. Crotone); NB¹: ➺ Manca; NB²: ➺ my remark to the Zampogna a mezza chiave (details); NB³: ➺ homonyms.

2 pieces (Fuso, made of olive (Olea europæa), screwed into a bell of cherry (Prunus avium)); Usually 370-430 mm, but note the considerably larger Destra (577 mm) of the Zampogna a chiavi’nteri played by Alessandro Perri; NB4: According to Leydi: F (e¹-c²): 470 mm (size in a 4½ "palmi", but his measures don’t agree with the proportions shown in his tav. 26bis); In Mesoraca (prov. Crotone) its thumbhole is always closed (Type 2).

Terza, ·? (chanter, right: remaining designations [not mentioned in available sources])

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.98, 112- 113.