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Fuso (m)

(with) definite article: il
(the) spindle

part of chanter, with fingerholes

Identical types: 12

Upper part of both chanters (with fingerholes) and drones; NB: ➺ homonyms.

The bores of the Mancina and Fischietto are cylindrical (each with increasing diametres, though), those of the Destra and Trombo are conical.

Mazza

Sources

Gala, Giuseppe Michele: La zampogna in Campania. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.8.