tamborello

Updated: July 19, 2026

Far better and more characteristic are the ballad-singers, who generally go in couples, an old man, dim of sight, perhaps blind, who plays the violin, and his wife or daughter, who has a guitar, tamborello, or at times a mandolin. Sometimes a little girl accompanies them, sings with them, and carries round a tin box, or the tamborello, to collect baiocchi.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859