Quaitta (f)
(with) definite article: ? [a / la?]low drone, adjustable: cylindrical, straight, bell, cavity? / double reed
NB: Bonanzinga spells the term, for some unexplained reason, repeatedly with a diacritic ("quàitta"), even though his main written source appears to be Favara.
Rear centre; conical, with an open bell; 2 pieces: Tubbai quaitta (420 mm + 30 mm that enter the Ottu + tenon [68 mm]) and Nnappicedda (250 mm), i.e. total visible length when assembled: 670 mm; Pitch: e (According to Leydi [➺ SIMP]: a♭); NB: The length of the Quaitta of the instrument described by Favara is 3 "palmi" (774 mm).
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.118 (pitch only, no term).
Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.[191], 195* (measures), 197, [201], 203 (pitch), 235 (note 19 [➺ p.197]; »Favara/Tiby).
Favara, Alberto: Gli strumenti musicali popolari in Sicilia (Corpus di musiche popolari siciliane, a cura di Ottavio Tiby, vol. I, 1957, [chapter] XV, p.84-88). In: Utriculus X (40), ottobre/dicembre 2006, p.10 (Quaitta).
Utriculus 3;3 (11), luglio-settembre 1994, Miscellanea zampognara, p.25: “La cornamusa più grande del mondo” (»Tiby/Favara [sic]).