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Copa (f)

(with) definite article: a
(the) goblet [probably after the shape of its bell]

3rd piece of a larger composed drone, remotest from the stock

Identical types: 19
Gaita galega

Upper tuning piece of the drone(s), including the bell; Or the bell (with resonance cavity) of the Ronco / Roncón only; NB: ➺ homonyms.

Tercia, Tercio

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile], p.150b (➺ Gaita gallega).

Foxo, Xosé Lois: Os segredos da gaita [1982]. Ourense [Orense], s.a. [1985 (2)], p.25.

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