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Bbillimenti (m) (plural, or plurale tantum? [singular: Bbillimento (?)])

plural: = singular?; (with) definite article: ?
(the) embellishments; ➺ remark(s) below

decorative fringe(s), tassel(s), &c. dangling from any of the pipes, &c.

Identical types: 16

Dialect form of "abbellimenti" (From "abbellire" [to embellish/adorn]); Various kinds of colourful pendants, dangling from some of the pipes; Usually they are objects of devotion, rather than just ornaments, but in the decoration of one of the instruments (from Caltanisetta) described by Naselli, are observed some bent Punteruoli, which serve to spread bees-wax when tuning, or adjusting a reed; NB: ➺ my remarks to Unchiaturi.

Sources

Naselli, Carmelina: Strumenti da suono e strumenti da musica del popolo siciliano [Catania, 1951], seconda parte. In: Archivio storico per la Sicilia orientale, 4a serie, anno IV (Catania, 1951), XL-VII, fascicolo I.

Naselli, Carmelina: Strumenti da suono e strumenti da musica del popolo siciliano [Catania, 1951] (seconda parte). In: Utriculus XI (42), aprile/giugno 2007, p.8.

Utriculus 3;2 (10), aprile-giugno 1994, Miscellanea zampognara, p.16: “I ciondoli delle «ciaramedde»” (»Naselli, p.268-270).

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