INFORMATIONS

My name is Davide Baro, but called Deiv by all people, and i live in Italy at begin of the Alps in a small village called Andorno Micca where i have my workshop.
I began my adventure in bagpipes studying Scottish highland bagpipe, and after a years my curiosity reach me to research a traditional bagpipe from my land. So interest for my tradition give me a opportunity to began to build a traditional bagpipe of Piedmont.
With help of Sergio Verna, now Hurdy Gurdy and string instruments maker, i began to build my first instruments. With years, i improve the stability and the quality of my intruments as musician, and as bagpipe maker, searching the best materials and improving the productive standard of my instruments. Now are 8 years that my profession are bagpipe maker and musician.
In my bagpipes i use the Elsbeere Wood (Sorbus Family) of first choice, and first choice ebony for the "Fifre". Sometimes, and under request, i use also Ebony or Boxwood (if i found good quality) on my bagpipes.
For Elbsere Wood i make deep oil treatment so the wood with time don't warp and don't crack.
Boring, reaming and lathe working are made by hand using the best tools giving a great attention to all work process for give to all my instruments a very high standard and the best quality. Tone holes on chanter are made it with automizzed digital control for have high standard with all instruments. The quality of the material of all bagpipe parts are studied and tested from the smallest details for have a really reliable and stable instrument.
I don't use CNC lathe, i don't have a mass productions and my philosophy in making bagpipe are "individually handcrafted".
The instruments that now I'm building are the Piva Piemontese (traditional bagpipe from north Italy), Medieval Bagpipe, Bombard e Fifre (flute).

The "Piva Piemontese" is a traditional instrument who was used in Piedmont (north west Italy region) from the begin of the XVIII century and it is a evolution of the "Piva dell'Appennino". From the XIX century, the Piva know a deep crisis in her use for introduction of more stable and tuned instrument (accordeon and similar intrument) so it went near to extinction. We don't find any exemplary from the past, so the diatribe for the existence of this instrument in the past and if it's a traditional instrument is permissible. I can say, from my research, that there are a lot of probability that this instrument was existed in the past; a lot of traditional songs speak about this Bagpipe, there are lot of representation in inscription and painting (ex. Graneri e Olivero - XVIII sec.), all the traditional music from Piedmont are playable with this instrument, etc. The model that i build are similar and has the almost measure of the "Piva dell'Appennino" (little bit different for the modern pitch at 440 mhz). The drones are tuned in G in octave, the chanter has a good volume for play with accordeon, hurdy gurdy and similar instrument; the chanter are tuned in G major, but is possible play also in minor due to the chromatism on this chanter. The reeds that i use on this instrument are in plastic.

The Medieval Piva is an instrument that can be dated near to the XV / XVI century, due to the open bell very large and the tonality that are A minor. This bagpipe is a reconstruction that i made from the medieval iconography. The conical boring on chanter and cilindrical boring on drones coming from my "inspiration" for have a very loud and stable bagpipe. The drones are in octave in A, the chanter are tuned in A minor. This instrument are not traditional but is a reconstruction of medieval bagpipe that i made following my "inspiration" for have a Good Modern Medieval Piva.

The Rauschpfeifen in G Major / A minor that i make have the caps, so is more simple to play and to maintain due to the plastic reeds that use. The conical bore that i use in this instrument are the same used in traditional "Pifferro delle Quattro Provincie", so the sound are really similar. The Rauschpfeifen in G Major / A minor is a instrument that can remember the Piffero but is completely different and with different technique, so also here we can't speak about a traditional instrument but about a reconstruction of new instrument always following my best "inspiration".

The FIFRE flute that i make is traditional from the South of France and some areas in Piedmont.
Traditionally used in military range in the Napoleonic age, the model that i build is a evolution that had from military to popular instrument. The first octave are playable with open fingering, the second octave are playable with half close fingering like in the past.
The instrument now have a little bit different measure on cylindrical bore for have a perfect and modern pitch. The flute are tuned in D and usually I made it in ebony or in boxwood.

Finally i want inform you that i play in a band called Barbarian Pipe Band, so i can give you the guarantee that the instrument that i made are for intensive and professional use.

If you need for other informations, clarifications, etc. don't hesitate to write or call me.

Deiv

Working Process

1. Choosing the the wood with the same color and characteristics	2. Wood will be saw and prepared to be thin down	3. Thin down process
3. Thin down process	3. Thin down process	4. Boring process
4. Boring process	5. Boring process	6. Hand made chanter reaming
6. Reamer	7. Deep oil treatment	8. Seasoning the wood bored for 6/9 months
9. Finally work on external form	9. Finally work on external form	10. Shellac finishing
10. Shellac finishing	10. Boring Tone Hole on Chanter with automizzed digital control	99. Bell Making