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Fiocco (m)

(with) definite article: il
plural: Fiocchi; (with) definite article: i
(the) tassel(s)/knot(s) ?

plug inserted in a chanter, or other melody pipe to stop it

Identical types: 4
Zampogna

Plug(s), dangling from the bell of its pipe; Used to stop it, if required, during tuning; Each piper has at least 2 plugs for the drones, which are always tuned last.

Coloured wool.

Tappo

Sources

Gala, Giuseppe Michele: La zampogna in Campania. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.12.