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Mancina (f)

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

left hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: cylindrical, divergent, no bell / single reed

Identical types: 3
Sunacchi

NB¹: ➺ Destra; NB²: ➺ homonyms.

1 piece of elder (Sambucus nigra), with 3 fingerholes plus, at its lower end [or at the back?], a Venthole; NB³: Elder is considered suitable because of its soft interior, which can be pierced with a glowing iron.

Sources

Gioielli, Mauro: L’otre dei suoni: le zampogne dell’Italia meridionale. In: Utriculus VII;4 (28), ottobre/dicembre 1998, p.19 (footnote 62; »Gala (1991), p.XXX).