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Manca (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) left (hand)

left hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: cylindrical, divergent, bell / single reed

Identical types: 5
Zampogna a paro (~ a paru)

Without key; It has the same length as the right hand chanter; NB: ➺ Dritta.

2 pieces (Fustu screwed into a bell): 340-495 mm (d¹-e¹-f♯¹-g¹-a¹); According to Leydi (1979): 350-450 mm (f♯¹-g¹-a¹-b¹-c²-d²); ibid (1989): e¹-f¹-g¹-a¹-b¹-c².
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Paru, Sei, ·? (chanter, left: remaining designations)

Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.136.

Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.109, 114, 115/* (range only, no term).

Zampogne: catalogo della mostra permanente di cornamuse italiane e straniere di Scapoli. A cura di Mauro Gioielli. Scapoli, 2001, p.13.

Tucci, Roberta: Le zampogne in Calabria. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.123 (range).