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Trombone (m)

(with) definite article: il
(the) large trumpet

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

Identical types: 2
Zampogna zoppa

Left hand chanter (➺ Cantarina).

Range (specimen in Tucci): d¹-e¹-f♯¹-g¹-a¹; Length of 3 specimens (Tucci: B, C, A): 520, 570, 670 mm (2 pieces: Fuso, screwed into a bell); NB: The visible length of the Trombone of Benedetto Amati's instrument, measures 565 mm, that of Giuseppe Vannoli's instrument (the largest of all remaining) 800 mm.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Sources

Tucci, Roberta: La zampogna zoppa dell’alta valle dell’Aniene: in ricordo di Cecco Splendori. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.91, 98 & passim; ➺ p.254 (note 22 [➺ p.90]; »Cignitti).