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Grande (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) large [one]

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

Identical types: 5
Zampogna a moderna (~ alla moderna)

Bova Marina (prov. Reggio Calabria); The longest pipe of the instrument; Between its "fuso" and bell it often shows a shoulder in the shape of a large bulge that (even if lacking its functionality) appears to be borrowed morphologically from the Fontanella of the Zampogna a chiave; NB: ➺ Piccola.

1 piece or 2 pieces; 325-520 mm (g-a-b-c¹-d¹); According to Leydi: c¹-d¹-e¹-f♯¹-g¹.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Prima, ·? (chanter, left: remaining designations)

Sources

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

Tucci, Roberta: Le zampogne in Calabria. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.118, 121, 124 (range).