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Wood types used

wood types, used in bagpipe making

Identical types: 29

For the Sciuscialoru: (almost always) elder (Sambucus nigra), for the Busciola: (exclusively) ghiosu niru [black mulberry (Morus nigra)], Pipes: ielica [heather (Erica [arborea?])], zzinzulara [jujube (Zizyphus)], mennulara [almond (Prunus mygdales)], pricupara [apricot (Prunus armeniaca)], luvara [olive (Olea europæa)], gghiastraru [wild olive (Olea europæa L. var. olivaster)], pirara [pear (Pyrus communis)], nespulara [medlar (Mespilus germanica)], prunara [blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)], surbara [sorb/rowan/service tree (Sorbus domestica)] and, lately, because of the progressive desertification of the countryside, that has reduced the presence of local fruit trees, non-European types wood types, such as ebony (Diospyros ebenum, Maba ebenus) are used, as well.


Sources

Sarica, Mario: La zampogna a paro siciliana [Title on 1st text page: La zampogna a paro in Sicilia]. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.158, 160.

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