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Cantarina (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) female singer

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

Identical types: 2
Zampogna zoppa

Right hand chanter (➺ Trombone); NB¹: ➺ Canterina.

Range (specimen in Tucci): (f♯¹)-g¹-a¹-b¹-c²-d² [NB²: c² is slighly sharp]; Length of 3 specimens (Tucci: B, C, A): 402, 435, 535 mm (2 pieces: Fuso, screwed into a bell).
NB³: The visible length of the Cantarina of Benedetto Amati's instrument measures 445 mm, that of Giuseppe Vannoli's instrument (the largest of all remaining) 640 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).