Fasettu (m)
(with) definite article: ? [u/lu?]medium drone, adjustable: cylindrical, straight, bell, cavity? / double reed
From "falsetto" (in the sense of "high voice"); NB¹: ➺ homonyms, &c.
Front centre; conical, with an open bell; 2 pieces: Pezz’i testa i fasettu (107 mm + 35 mm that enter the Ottu + tenon [67 mm] and Nnappicedda i fasettu (168 mm), i.e. total visible length when assembled: 275 mm; Pitch: e² (which is 2 octaves higher than the Quaitta); The pitch shown in Leydi (➺ SIMP) is a♭¹ (which is, however, only 1 octave higher); NB²: The length of the Fasettu of the instrument described by Favara is 1,5 "palmi" (387 mm).
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.118 (pitch only, no term).
Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.191, 195* (measures), 197, 201, 203 (pitch), 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]).