Monreale (Sicilian: Murriali), prov. Palermo; Until after World War II it was also played in Palermo; In contradistinction to all other Italian Zampogne a chiave, it has no Fontanella; Guizzi-Leydi (1983) inform us that it had, in the past, 2 keys, but that such instruments don’t seem to exist anymore, though some instruments still bear the marks of the removed key; A solo instrument, it is also used to accompany songs; It is never accompanied by a percussion instrument, but occasionally it forms a duo with a clarinet, a fact that could support the hypothesis that the now extinct shawm existed here, as well, in the past; Pipers of Monreale play, almost exclusively, Christmas novenas [i.e. religious tunes of 10-12 minutes each]; They don’t play in the streets, taking alms, but visit houses on call, or play in the open, "engaged" by Christmas party committees.
NB¹: ➺ remarks to Ciaramedda (2).

Details given below are taken from drawings by architect Monica Modica of a zampogna that belongs [2005; ws] to Girolamo Patellaro (who inherited it from his father), in Bonanzinga’s chapter in »La Zampogna«, p.191, 194-196; Ranges and pitches, of an instrument in A, are those mentioned by Bonanzinga, who states that a tendency is observed to tune the instrument in that tonality; NB²: Measures are also given of a much larger, now extinct instrument, described by Alberto Favara in his chapter "Il canto popolare siciliano: studio introduttivo" in »Corpus di musiche popolari siciliane«, a cura di Ottavio Tiby (Palermo, 1957), vol. I, p.2-113: p.87.

Chiaramedda, Ciannamella, Ciaramella, Ciaramidda, Ciaramidduzza, Cornamusa, Cornamusetta, Giaramedda, Zampogna a chiave

Canta, Curella, Fasettu, Ottu, Pezz’i testa, Pipita, Punticeddu, Quaitta, Sampognaru, Scanneddu, Scanneddu i rintra, Trummuni, Utri

Ciaramedda, Ciaramedda