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Coppiaruoli maschio

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In Lucania in southern Italy, throughout Basilicata and in northern Calabria, you can find coppiaruoli, which is a pair of ciaramelle played by one player. The player is known as the "cucchiaruolo". The "female" (femmina) reed is usually played with the right hand, the "male" (maschio) with the left. If the pair is tuned to the fundamental G, the "male instrument" sounds g, a, b, c and d, while the "female instrument" sounds b, c, d, e and f sharp.VII a 167 ("maschio") has a dark brown body and a light-coloured funnel. The body was originally that of a ciaramella, in which the first three front finger holes and the raised thumb hole were sealed with wax. The instrument has four frontal tone holes, two lateral tuning holes and two resonance holes in the funnel. The mouthpiece is shorter and wider with the same design;

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 397 mm
Height: 41 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Plant material
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII a 167

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Europe
    Italy
    South Italy
  • Collecting
    who
    Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation, 2019
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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