Billai, Adamo
1872-1966bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name
Born and lived in Uta (prov. Cagliari); A self-taught player, he started when he was a child and attended to the livestock by the mountains of his village; He became a very good performer; When he was 20, he went to live in Pirri (now a district of Cagliari); Considered to be one of the best Launeddas makers of his time, he learned the craft from Giovanni Locci.
Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]
Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo [Title on cover: »La storia, lo strumento, i protagonisti, la discografia: launeddas«]. A cura di Giampaolo Lallai, associazione Cuncordia a Launeddas. Fotografie di Nico Selis. Cagliari, 1997, p.33*, 73.