Baghèt
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thumb|150px|A musician with an Italian baghèt wearing traditional dress 150px|right|thumb|A modern baghet (made 2000 by Valter Biella) in Sol/G
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thumb|150px|A musician with an Italian baghèt wearing traditional dress 150px|right|thumb|A modern baghet (made 2000 by Valter Biella) in Sol/G
The baghèt is a bagpipe historically played in Bergamo, corresponding to the region of Lombardy in modern Italy. It is a small double-reeded bagpipe with two drones, associated with rural musicians. The instrument became defunct in the mid-20th century, but is now played by some revivalists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baghèt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.