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Cinghia (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) belt

device, serving to support a heavy instrument whilst playing (Compare the neck strap used by bassoonists and some clarinettists)

Identical types: 10

Shoulder strap, running from the bell of the Mancina (fastened below the Coperchia, at the height of a special narrow section) to the upper end of its Fuso, just below the Ceppo.

Made of buffalo leather.

Curriscia

Sources

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