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Ceccola (f)

(with) definite article: la
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Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (single chanter + semidrone) / no drones

Identical types: 3

Said to be the bagpipe depicted in the 1455 painting "La Madonna dell’orchestra" by Giovanni di Piermatteo [or Pier Matteo] detto Boccati, which I doubt, since the pillar in this painting partly hides the chanter, rendering its determining details invisible (➺ the detail of the painting in Wikipedia) !

Wikipedia shows 2 reconstructions of this instrument, one of which (with a velvet decorative cover) has a semidrone with fingerholes on the 1st and 4th position, but unfortunately an explanation of their melodic function is not included in the text.

Cecchola, Ciechola


Sources

Rabanser, Peter & Rizzo, Walter: The discovery and evolution of the "Ceccola" and its evolution. In: Chanter, Spring 2014, p.21.

Web

Wikipedia (NB: German version only)