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Sampognaru (m)

(with) definite article: ? [u [lu?] / lu [lu?] ?]
plural: Sampugnari; (with) definite article: ?
➺ remark(s) below

upper tenon of the chanter, lodging the reed(s)

Identical types: 6
Ciaramedda

Literally: "(the) piper(s)"; It seems to be also the term used for the slider (upper end) of each pipe (i.e. the part that enters one of the "mortises" in the Ottu); NB: ➺ homonyms, &c.

Sources

Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.197.