Canta (f)
(with) definite article: ? [a / la?]right hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: conical, divergent, bell / double reed
From "canto" (in the sense of a leading voice); right hand chanter; NB¹: ➺ Trummuni.
Conical, with an open bell; 2 pieces: Tubba (610 mm + 38 mm that enter the Ottu + "tenon" [23 mm]) and Nnappa (273 mm), i.e. total visible length when assembled: 883 mm (instead of the 873 mm mentioned by Bonanzinga [➺ p.193]); The Tubba is screwed into the Nappa; Range: g♯¹-a¹-b¹-c²-d²-d♯²-e²; NB²: The length of the Canta of the instrument described by Favara is 4,5 "palmi" (1161 mm); NB³: Note the rather odd notation of the range provided by Leydi: c♯¹-d♭¹-e♭¹-f♯¹-g¹-a♭¹ (See my remark to the Trummuni); Moreover, I was unable to find an explanation for neither the presence of the b natural in the key settings at the start, nor for the unusual c♯ in the tone range of a key (A♭) that already includes a d♭).
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.118 (range only, no term).
Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.191, 193, 194* (measures), 197, 201, 203 (range), 235 (note 19 [➺ p.197]; »Favara/Tiby).
Favara, Alberto: Gli strumenti musicali popolari in Sicilia (Corpus di musiche popolari siciliane, a cura di Ottavio Tiby, vol. I, 1957, [chapter] XV, p.84-88). In: Utriculus X (40), ottobre/dicembre 2006, p.10.
Utriculus 3;3 (11), luglio-settembre 1994, Miscellanea zampognara, p.25: “La cornamusa più grande del mondo” (»Tiby/Favara [sic]).