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Madeddu, Domenicu

ca. 1880-? [>1965]

maker of bagpipes (&c.) mentioned by name

[Born and?] lived in ?; Weis Bentzon describes him as "an 80-year old launeddas maker", who was making a kuntsertu called Morisku, and during the process "cut by eye the holes for the mankosedda (the mankosa manna was identical to the mankosedda of a Mediana)", &c.

Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]


Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.22 [NOT in Index!].