Stańco, Andrzej
1920-?piper (&c.) mentioned by name
Born in [?], he lived in Szare [SW of Żywiec]; He inherited the Gajdy from his father [Błażej?], a well-known gajdziorz and builder of Gajdy, who taught his son, who was left-handed, to play; By profession a salesman in the store of the Gminna Spółdzielnia „Samopomoc Chłopska” [Municipal Cooperative "Peasant Selfservice"] in Milówka* [➺ Paweł Haratyk [2]; ws], Andrzej played in Kamesznica, Laliki and Szare, together with singer Roman Brączek (*1906); He also played many years in the regional ensemble of Józef Szczotka of Milówka, who played first violin (prym), with Michał Drożdż (sekund [2nd violin]), Michał Fiedor (2nd Gajdy), and Karol Ciupka (basy). He was the last gajdziorz in the Milówka area; He was married twice, and with his second wife he moved and settled in Zwardoń [SW of Żywiec].
Instrument: Gajdy śląskie
Szymonowiczowie, Katarzyna & Maciej: Gajdosze (album). Żywiec, 2014, p.18*, (58*), 184 & passim.