Passacantilli, Ludovico
?-?maker of bagpipes (&c.) mentioned by name
[Born?], lived and worked in Vicovaro [NE of Tivoli, prov. Roma]; Active until the late 1920s, he was the last maker of Zampogna zoppa of the upper Aniene valley; He worked with a lathe, building bagpipes of "medium register" with "regular cone-shaped bells"; He was the grandfather of Giuseppe ("Peppino"); With his death, the construction of this type of Zampogna came to an end; It seems that the acquisition of new instruments then stopped, as well, resulting in a complete absence from the area; NB: ➺ Luigi Massimiani.
Instrument: Zampogna zoppa
Tucci, Roberta: La zampogna zoppa dell’alta valle dell’Aniene: in ricordo di Cecco Splendori. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.85 (»De Carolis).