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The piva is a type of
''Swiss bagpipe undergoes modest revival''
Swissinfo.ch.
The piva is a type of bagpipe
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...
played in Italy and in Ticino
Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...
, the Italian-speaking Canton of Switzerland. The instrument has a single chanter and single drone. A different instrument with the same name is also known in Istria region of Croatia.
Illustrations and scriptural evidences tend to suggest that a similar instrument was also used in Veneto
Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...
.
In Italy it was traditionally played in an ensemble with the piffero
The ''piffero'' () or ''piffaro'' is a double-reed musical instrument of the oboe family with a conical bore ( Sachs-Hornbostel category 422.112).
It is used to play music in the tradition of the ', an area of mountains and valleys in the north- ...
(folk oboe) until the piva was replaced by the accordion in the 1950s.
The piva appears to have died out in Switzerland in the 19th century, but was revived in 1980 by Swiss-German folk musician Urs Klauser. Dale Bechtel''Swiss bagpipe undergoes modest revival''
Swissinfo.ch.
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