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Linguetta (f)

(with) definite article: la
plural: Linguette; (with) definite article: le
(the) small tongues(s)

idioglot single reed with the vibrating end of its tongue facing stock and bag, or the mouth of the player

Identical types: 15
Sampugnella

The length of a Sampugnella reed is approximately half of the total length of the pipe in which it is inserted; NB¹: ➺ homonym; NB²: ➺ Sampognedda.

Made of cane (Arundo donax); Its upper end is closed by a natural node.

Sources

Gala, Giuseppe Michele: La zampogna in Campania. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.22.