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Cinta (f)

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

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

Identical types: 10
Zampogna

From cintura [belt]; Wrist strap, attached to the left-hand chanter of a Zampogna; NB¹: Baines, though supposed to be an authority on the subject, oddly refers to it (without providing a term) as "a leather loop of obscure purpose" !; NB²: ➺ Latium and Molise; NB³: Compare the Estonian Pael and the "loop" [unknown term] used in Abbruzzo.


Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.96*, 97.

Personal communication

Antonietta Caccia (Scapoli), e-mail 7 March 2021.