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Sopranello (m)

(with) definite article: il
(the) small soprano/descant

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

Identical types: 5
Zampogna zoppa

Divergent, front centre; The bell has 2 ventholes.

Pitch (specimen in Tucci): d¹; Length of 3 specimens (Tucci: B, C, A): 142, 210, 228 mm (2 pieces: butt piece + bell).
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

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 & passim.