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Boccaglio (m)

(with) definite article: il
(the) mouthpiece

tube through which the bag of a mouth-blown bagpipe, &c. is inflated

Identical types: 98
Zampogna

NB: ➺ homonyms.

Commonly made of cane, sometimes wood, a goat’s horn (though its animal flavour can be annoying), or metal (which may rust and may be more inconvenient).

Abbottatore, Bocchino, Cannella, Gusciello, Menajato, Voltajato

Sources

Gala, Giuseppe Michele: La zampogna in Campania. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.11.