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Cuddara (gender unknown)

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device, serving to support a heavy instrument whilst playing (Compare the neck strap used by bassoonists and some clarinettists)

Identical types: 10

Shoulder belt ("tracolla") that serves to carry the instrument and hold it in the correct position whilst playing; NB: ➺ Chiavettu.

Sources

Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.192.

Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. Con testi di Paola Tripisciano e Giovan Battista Vaglica / Rilievi grafici di Monica Modica / Disegni e restauro immagini di Giuseppe Aiello / Trascrizioni musicali di Santina Tomasello e Alessandro Giordano. Palermo 2006, p.77.