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Moschetta (f)

(with) definite article: la
➺ remark(s) below

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

Identical types: 7
Zampogna

From "mosca!" [silence!] ?; Central Latium; Though not mute, and provided with a reed, it usually is inactive; NB¹: ➺ Contro maggiore; NB²: ➺ Moschetto (mute drone).

30 normale, according to Ricci: c²: ca. 150 mm; NB³: Leydi mentions the following pitches: 17: b♭², 20: g², 23: f², 25: e♭², 30: c², 32: b♭¹, 25 bassa: e♭¹, 28 bassa: d¹.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.


Sources

Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.117.

Ricci, Antonello: Musicisti e zampogne del Lazio meridionale. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.134*, 135-137.