BASSANO FMILY

IN THE 15TH CENTURY THE FAMILY LIVED AND OWNED LAND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CRESPANO.
BAPTISTA PIVA PLAYED THE PIVA OR BAGPIPE AND WAS THE SON OF ANDREA DE CRESPANO.
THEY WERE MUSICANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS
EARLY IN THE 16TH CENTURY THE FAMILY NAME WAS CHANGED TO A COMBINATION OF THE PATRONYMIC PLUS PLACE NAME, BECAUSE THEY HAD MOVED TO BASSANO.
AFTER JOINING HENRY VIII COURT THEY CHANGED THEIR FAMILY NAME TO BASSANO.