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Abbottarello (m)

(with) definite article: il: l’
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tube through which the bag of a mouth-blown bagpipe, &c. is inflated

Identical types: 98
Zampogna zoppa

Indubitably related to "abbottarsi" [to get stuffed]; Upper Aniene valley; Usually it was made, in 1 piece, by the pipers themselves.

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.93.