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Piva (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) ?
Müsa / Musa

From Carlo Gambini, »Vocabolario pavese-italiano, con [Parte seconda] una serie di vocaboli italiani-pavesi che molto tra loro diversificano« (Milano/Pavia, 1879); NB¹: In Gaetano Frisoni, »Dizionario moderno Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese« (Genova, 1910) mentioned as a translation (or synonym) of Mûza; NB²: According to Baines (1960) "rare, if not now extinct".

Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.111.

Gioielli, Mauro: La müsa delle Quattro Province. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.27/249 (note 14).

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Google books (Gambini [Find piva: p.266 (Parte seconda); NB: Scroll also to p.168]).
Archiv.org (Frisoni [Find piva: p.181 (➺ Mûza)]).