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Gigante (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) giant / gigantic

names of bagpipes (&c.) in connection with their pitch only

Identical types: 43
Zampogna

From Ambrogio Sparagna: »La zampogna: Storie e musiche di uno strumento pastorale«. Ricerca iconografica a cura di Erasmo Treglia (Formia, 2004); Term used in Villa Latina (prov. Frosinone) for a very large Zampogna a chiave 30 bassa, the key of which (A♭ or F) is an octave lower than that of the medium-sized type (compare Doppia); NB: The plural form of its entire designation is (le) Zampogne giganti.

Measurements of an instrument in F major: left-hand chanter: 1515 mm; right-hand chanter: 905 mm; large drone: 735 mm; small drone: 410 mm.

Sources

Utriculus X (40), ottobre/dicembre 2006, Miscellanea zampognara, p.45 (»Sparagna).

Montbel, Eric: Les cornemuses du Massif Central: Autour de la cabrette. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.110 (plural: Zampogne gigante [sic; Correct: ➺ NB in remarks!]).