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Puntero (m)

(with) definite article: el
➺ remark(s) below

melody pipe, with fingerholes

Cuello.

Identical types: 8
Chanter

From "puntos" [points (the mediaeval Spanish term for notes)] ?; NB: ➺ homonyms, &c.

Caramillo

Agujero, Mecha, Nuez

Sources

Meré, Rafael: Museo Internacional de la Gaita: catálogo. Gijón, 1970, p.19 (etymology).

García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.13 (& passim).