The Folk Instruments of Italy
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Maestro O'Lione Matrone
makes his castagnettes
from the local lemon and
orange trees
O'Lione heats up his
tammorre skins before
playing to tighten them up
Maestro Mario D'Agostino
tries a fresh bagpipe
before attaching the bag
An organetto playing
policeman makes a long
train ride more enjoyable
A player of zampogna's
of exceptional measure
Val di Comino 1985
Cutting the arundo donax reeds
Shaving the reeds
The finnished product
How the "arundo donax"
cane is cut to form the
double reeds
Examples of double
zampogna-charamela reeds
Tubular reeds also
used for the Scotch pipes
and the Sardenian Launedas
Technical diagram of
a traditional charamela &
zampogna Abruzzese
The Tammurriata
O'Lione, Dinuccio
& Zi' Alfonso
The fronna leads
into the tammurriata
A few of the old boys
are still at it
Zi' Antionetta helps O'Lione
sell his wares while he
gives demonstrations
Here's me listening to the
young Neopolitans at Pizzeria
da Mimi' in the Spanish
quarter of Naples
The putipu' or cacavela
is a friction drum played
with a wet sponge