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Manca (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) left (hand)

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

Identical types: 7
Zampogna

Podnos calls this, utterly erroneously, a Piffero (Piffaro), enigmatically confusing it with the name of the shawm; NB¹: ➺ Ritta.

2 pieces (Fuso, screwed into a bell; NB²: ➺ Wood types used; Range of a size 25 (in A♭): a♭-b♭-c¹-d♭¹-e♭¹.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.


Sources

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.25.

Sparacino, Nino: Piccolo dizionario zampognaro (italiano-scapolese). In: Utriculus VIII;1 (29), gennaio/marzo 1999, p.21.

Gioielli, Mauro: Le zampogne nel Molise. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.194 (range), 222.

Personal communication

Mauro Gioielli (Scapoli, May 1996).