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Cachia, Toni

ca. 1915-2004
nickname(s): "i-Hammarun"

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

Lived in Naxxa; The last of "old school" pipers; NB: In 1977 the Galpin Society noted only 9 remaining pipers; Attempts towards a revival started in the late 1990s.

Instrument: Żaqq

Sources

Starke, Christian: Zaqq: the Maltese bagpipe. In: Anuario da Gaita 2003 (18), p.27.