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Trimarco, Francesco ("mastro Ciccio")

?-?

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

Born in Senerchia (upper Sele valley [SSW of Materdomini], prov. Avellino), lived in Polla (prov. Salerno); Son of Carmine; After his father’s demise, he continued his craft; In an internet source he is mentioned as an oboist; As a good myth, the disappearance of the Trimarco workshop is, in the references of the zampognari, sudden, inexplicable, and shrouded in mystery; NB: ➺ Azzeo Gelsomino.

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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