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Zampogna a palmi (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) bagpipe "in palms"
Zampogna

Named after the measuring method of their sizes; According to Gioielli the term is used "in some localities in Campania, Lucania, [and] Calabria"; NB: ➺ Palmo.

Sources

Gioielli, Mauro: Gli aerofoni a sacco italiani dall’antichità all’epoca moderna (The Italian bagpipes from the ancient times to the modern age). In: Utriculus, Nuova serie XIV (49-50), 2015, p.29-42 (192), p.38.