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Coccia (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) pate (obsolete; top of the head)

place / receptacle (on the instrument) used to store the spare supply of beeswax used for tuning

Identical types: 2

Area of the Vosca (actually its "brow") where some pipers store the spare supply of beeswax used for tuning; More often it is stored on the dummy drone (Mupo).

Sources

Gioielli, Mauro: Le zampogne nel Molise. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.222.