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Fischietto (m)

(with) definite article: il
(the) whistle

high drone, adjustable: conical, straight, bell, cavity? / double reed

No identical types known (yet).

Divergent, usually in front of the left chanter (seemingly for left-handed players in front of the right chanter); Marzi (prov. Cosenza) and Mesoraca (prov. Crotone); NB¹: ➺ my remark to the Zampogna a mezza chiave (details).

2 pieces (butt piece + bell), connected by tenon and mortise; Usually 110-150 mm, but note the considerably larger Fischietto / Frischettu (240 mm) of the Zampogna a chiavi’nteri played by Alessandro Perri; NB²: Not mentioned as such in Leydi, who describes 2 drones only; NB³: ➺ Terzo (details).


Sources

Tucci, Roberta: Le zampogne in Calabria. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.113/* [➺ p.111*].