His father's tuning fork
His father, Bachisio, tuned by ear the bronze *campanacci* of the Mamuthones, the heavy bells of the masked figures of Mamoiada, right next to Nuoro. When he died, Gavino inherited the bench and a bronze tuning fork his father had used to bring those bells into tune. He still uses it to tune the balance of the watches; it's the only thing of his own he kept.







