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Mancina (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) left (hand)

left hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: cylindrical, divergent, no bell / single reed

Identical types: 3
Sampugnella

Left hand chanter; NB¹: ➺ Destra; NB²: ➺ homonyms.

Made of cane (Arundo donax).

Sources

Gala, Giuseppe Michele: La zampogna in Campania. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.23.