Balsami, Domenico [2]
?-?piper (&c.) mentioned by name
Born in Pretara (a fraction S of municipality Isola del Gran Sasso d’Italia, Siciliana valley, prov. Teramo); Son of Egidio; He started playing the Ciarammellë when he was 20 years old and stopped when 32, having performed solo and accompanied songs (serenades and stornelli ["ditties"]); He was the last piper of the Balsami family.
Instrument: Scupina
Di Silvestre, Carlo: La zampogna zoppa in Abruzzo. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.160, 161.