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air reservoir: flexible (usually of animal skin), ready for the insertion of stocks

Identical types: 105

From Latin "ǔter" [goatskin / leather bag; wineskin]; Upper Aniene valley; Originally prepared by the pipers themselves, but in Anticoli Corrado (a fraction of Rome) the skin is purchased, more recently [ca. 2005], from the local butcher.

Usually made of sheepskin, rarely of goat.


Sources

Tucci, Roberta: La zampogna zoppa dell’alta valle dell’Aniene: in ricordo di Cecco Splendori. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.92.