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Wood types used

wood types, used in bagpipe making

Identical types: 29

Because the Baghèt should be "white", the most valuable pipes are traditionally made of martèll [boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)], the others of cherry (Prunus avium) or maple (Acer); Pipes of ebony do exist, but the combination of "black" wood with the (traditionally) red cover of the bag is considered problematic, because they are the "Devil’s colours".


Sources

Biella, Valter: Il "baghèt": un’antica tradizione bergamasca. Testi musiche e strumenti. Bergamo, 1988 (Quaderni del Misma), p.50 (martèll), 54 (»Maffeis).

Biella, Valter: Il "baghèt": la piva delle valli bergamasche. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.8 (martel), 9.

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