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Punteru (m)

(with) definite article: el
➺ remark(s) below

single chanter: conical, straight, no bell / double reed

Identical types: 28
Gaita asturiana

From "puntos" [points (the mediaeval Spanish term for notes)] ?; NB: ➺ homonyms, &c.

Closed fingering system (➺ Pechado).

Furacu, Tronera

Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.36.

Meré, Rafael: Museo Internacional de la Gaita: catálogo. Gijón, 1970, p.19 (etymology).