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Garganta (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) throat

narrowing section between the bore of a tenon and the main chanter cone

No identical types known (yet).

The most delicate part in the construction of a good bagpipe.

Sources

Blecua Vitales, Martín & Mir Tierz, Pedro: La gaita de boto aragonesa. Zaragoza, 1998, p.16.

La gaita asturiana: método para su aprendizaje. Oviedo, s.a. [1991], p.253.