The piva is a type of bagpipe played in Italy and in

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, the Italian-speaking

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of Switzerland. The instrument has a single chanter and single drone. A different instrument with the same name is also known in Istria region of Croatia. Illustrations and scriptural evidences tend to suggest that a similar instrument was also used in

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. In Italy it was traditionally played in an ensemble with the

piffero The ''piffero'' () or ''piffaro'' is a double-reed musical instrument of the oboe family with a conical bore ( Sachs-Hornbostel category 422.112). It is used to play music in the tradition of the ', an area of mountains and valleys in the north-we ...

(folk oboe) until the piva was replaced by the accordion in the 1950s. The piva appears to have died out in Switzerland in the 19th century, but was revived in 1980 by Swiss-German folk musician Urs Klauser. Dale Bechtel
''Swiss bagpipe undergoes modest revival''
Swissinfo.ch.

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