tamborello

Sometimes a little girl accompanies them, sings with them, and carries round a tin box, or the tamborello, to collect

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various

Far better and more characteristic are the ballad-singers, who generally go in couples, -- an old man, dim of sight, perhaps blind, who plays the violin, and his wife or daughter, who has a guitar, tamborello, or at times a mandolin.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various