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Chiavinu (m)

(with) definite article: ? [u [lu?] / lu [lu?] ?]
plural: ?; (with) definite article: ?
(the) [small?] key

mechanical device used to open/close a "fingerhole"

Identical types: 8
Trummuni

The open key of the Trummuni; It is not protected by a Fontanella; It is the only part of the instrument that is not handcrafted, but a common key of a "classical" wind instrument, preferably of a bass clarinet, is adapted; The now extinct 2nd key was of the "closed" type.


Sources

Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.193, 197 (type only, no name).