Old and New Questions on the Soundscape, Musical Heritage and Musical Instruments. The Museo del paesaggio sonoro of Riva presso Chieri

Taking into consideration the experience of the Museo del Paesaggio Sonoro in Riva presso Chieri (Turin, Italy), this article deals with the role of sound and music in a cultural environment, considering both the process of changing of traditional music and the issues of folk revival, in order to improve a sustaina- ble and non-nationalistic sense of belonging to a place and to raise awareness of the relevance of sound in human and non-human life. It also deals with the opportunity to join the existing digital networks of museums of musical in- struments, without affecting the museum’s distinctive features and those of the musical instruments it hosts.