Rediscovering Ticino's bagpipe

Ciao Ilario! Solo ora ho visto questo video appassionante, sorry. Sono tanti anni che non ci incontriamo, un caro saluto dallo zampognaro di Romagna!

I want to buy one, how can I ??

That's awesome. Many people don't know that most countries had a their own types of bagpipe. As well as Ancient Greece ,Babylon,And Egypt .i play the famous Scottish highland bagpipes but I'm fascinated by all types of bagpipes.

@fluffytom82 The Piva ticinese is similar, but not identical to the north-italian one, and it has been gone for 50-100 yrs, that's why you can speak of "rediscovery".

@fluffytom82 He rediscovered the Piva Ticinese, he never implies to have rediscovered the the Italian Piva or that such instrument was lost there, there is a lot of difference.

Amazing....this guy is struggling to keep an ancestral instrument and culture alive, and that is one of the noblest deeds a man can do. The one who forgets its roots, loses its identity... Bravo!

Is the Piva finger arrangement the same on Scottish Bagpipes ? If You mind Me asking ofcourse .... Great Video

Molto bello

Were the dudelsachen played in German Switzerland?

Good ear! Yes. The Zamogna he is playing is from the Molise/Abruzzo region (Probably from town of Scapoli in Molise). A modern trend with the pipers in this region is that they plug up the high drone (or use a dummy pipe) and then drill two holes in the end of the back drone. They use the left hand thumb to cover the holes, which when uncovered plays the higher note. If they only uncover one hole it plays the flat note. So essentially they are turning the back drone into a third chanter!

Hi ! Just a question about the zampogna. The drone's notes sound like changing at the end of the piece (high drone is F, then F#, then G). Is it a special kind ? Thank you. Eric