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Trimarco, Carmine ("mastro Carminuccio")

?-?

bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name

Born and worked in Senerchia (upper Sele valley [SSW of Materdomini], prov. Avellino); Moved (1933) with his family and his shop to Polla (prov. Salerno); He worked with a pole-lathe; After his death, his son Francesco continued the high tradition of his craft; His daughter Rosa is/was [?] one of the few female Zampogna players.

Instrument: Zampogna


Sources

Gala, Giuseppe Michele: La zampogna in Campania. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.34.

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