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Sanfona (f)

(with) definite article: a

bagpipe term also used for chordophones

Identical types: 7

NOT a bagpipe, but (despite the similarity of its name to Zampogna) a hurdy-gurdy; NB: ➺ similar and related terms.

Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.64.