List of bagpipe makers

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This is a list of bagpipe makers. It covers both family-based and commercial outfits from the 17th century to the present era. In the 1950s, the bagpipe traditions of Europe were revived. The market is increasing in size as the popularity of the instrument is increasing, and the list of bagpipe makers is rising.

[edit] British Isles pipes

[edit] Great Highland Bagpipes

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
, D.M. AthertonD.M. Atherton	D.M. Atherton Bagpipes Llc	Naperville, Illinois	1995
Doucet, ThomasThomas Doucet	Thomas Pipeworks	Niagara Falls, Ontario	–		Custom Bagpipes, repairs and restoration. Apprenticed with Jack Dunbar.
Oswald, James RamsayJames Ramsay Oswald	Unknown	Melbourne	1941	2003	One of only two bagpipe makers in Australia.	^[1]
Ross, AndrewAndrew Ross	John and Robert Glen Co.	Edinburgh		1978
Fisher, WayneWayne Fisher	Fisher Bagpipes	Sarnia, Ontario	–		Self-taught pipemaker. One of only a handful of bagpipe makers in Canada.	^[2]
Glen, Thomas McBeanThomas McBean Glen	John and Robert Glen Co.	Edinburgh
Glen, JohnJohn Glen	John and Robert Glen Co.	Edinburgh
Glen, RobertRobert Glen	John and Robert Glen Co.	Edinburgh
Gibson, JerryJerry Gibson	Gibson Bagpipes Inc.	Willoughby, Ohio			Great Highland Bagpipe, Scottish Small Pipes, Ceilidh Pipes, Reeds, and Practice Chanters
Kron, Charles E.Charles E. Kron	American Bagpipe Makers Inc.	Dobbs Ferry, New York	1987?			^[3]
Kilgour, GeorgeGeorge Kilgour	Kilgour and Kilgour	Marypark	1943	1995
Kilgour, RobertRobert Kilgour	Kilgour and Kilgour	Marypark
Littorin, RolfRolf Littorin^[4]	Rolf of Sweden	Sweden	Started 1990s		Custom made bagpipes: Great Highland Bagpipes, Smallpipes, Practice Chanters. Self taught pipe maker.
Sinclair, WilliamWilliam Sinclair	William Sinclair and Son	Leith	1906?
Sinclair, William M.William M. Sinclair	William Sinclair and Son	Edinburgh	1926			^[5]
Sinclair, AlastairAlastair Sinclair	William Sinclair and Son	Leith
Sinclair, EwanEwan Sinclair	William Sinclair and Son	Leith
Hardie, Robert G.Robert G. Hardie	R.G. Hardie and Co. Ltd.	Glasgow
Henderson, JoeJoe Henderson	R.G. Hardie and Co. Ltd.	Glasgow
Weatherston, JohnJohn Weatherston	R.G. Hardie and Co. Ltd.	Glasgow
Soutar, AndrewAndrew Soutar	Soutar of St. Andrews	St. Andrews
Soutar, DuncanDuncan Soutar	Soutar of St. Andrews	St. Andrews
MacLellan, RoddyRoddy MacLellan	MacLellan Bagpipes	Summerville, South Carolina				^[6]

D. M. Atherton Bagpipes Ltd
David Booth Bagpipes
Peter's Pipes Inc.
Cushing Bagpipe Co.
J. Dunbar Bagpipes Ltd
John and Robert Glen Co. in Edinburgh. Operated from 1827 to 1978.
Alberta Bagpipes
Thomas Pipeworks
Tim Gellaitry
Gibson Bagpipes, Inc
Gillanders & McLeod Ltd
Grainger & Campbell
MacLeod Bagpipes
Peter Henderson Bagpipes
Inveran Bagpipes
Colin Kyo Bagpipe Company
RG Lawrie
Douglas MacPherson
McCallum Bagpipes Ltd
Ian Murray Bagpipes
David Naill & Co
RK Bagpipes
RT Shepherd and Son (Scotland) Ltd
Wallace Bagpipes
Somers Bagpipes
Duncan Soutar of St. Andrews
Chris Terry Bagpipes
[{Alan Waldron, Stirling Bagpipes]]

[edit] Uilleann pipes

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
Kenna, TimothyTimothy Kenna	Unknown	Dublin	1768?	1794		^[7]
Kenna, ThomasThomas Kenna	Unknown	Dublin
Sloan, RayRay Sloan		www.raysloan.com
Taylor, WilliamWilliam Taylor	Unknown	Philadelphia	1840-1872	1901		^[8]
Taylor, CharlesCharles Taylor	Unknown	Philadelphia	1840-1872	1902		^[8]
Brown, Patrick A.Patrick A. Brown		Boston	1910	1958
Britton, TimTim Britton		–
Childress, B. C.B. C. Childress		–
Daye, DavidDavid Daye		–
Dixon, C. J.C. J. Dixon		Canada
Dunne, MickeyMickey Dunne		–
Froment, AlainAlain Froment			–		(deceased)
Gallagher, SethSeth Gallagher			–
Güntzel, JensJens Güntzel			–
Hamon, SethSeth Hamon		Arlington	–
Hillmann, MarkMark Hillmann			–	2008

Ray Sloan
Tim & Stephanie Benson, Western New York
Michael Hulme
Adrian Jefferies
Joe Kennedy
Kirk Lynch
Kenneth McNicholl
Patrick O'Hare
Martin Preshaw
Andreas Rogge
Leo Rowsome (deceased)
Brendan Ring
Aaron Setunsky
Pat Sky
Michael Vignoles
Nick Whitmer
Dave Williams (deceased)
Geoff Wooff

[edit] Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Notes	Refs
Banton, NateNate Banton		, New York	–
Jones, EJEJ Jones	Tidycottage Smallpipes	Asheville, North Carolina	–
Chris Pinchbeck, Chris Pinchbeck	Pinchbeck Pipes	Hope, Maine	–
Anistratov, AlexandreAlexandre Anistratov		Moscow	–
Walsh, JohnJohn Walsh		Antigonish, Nova Scotia	–
Fisher, WayneWayne Fisher	Fisher Bagpipes	Sarnia, Ontario	–	Self-taught pipemaker.	^[2]
Kinnear, IanIan Kinnear		Edzell	–
Bill Hart	Iona Bagpipes	New South Wales	–
Hamish Moore			–
	Garvie Bagpipes		–
Richard and Anita Evans		Cumbria	–
Fred Morrison Smallpipes		?	–
	Lauriebeck	?	–
Ray Sloan		www.raysloan.com
Seth Hammon		Texas	–

[edit] Northumbrian pipes

Name	Location	Retired	Notes	Refs
Dunn, JohnJohn Dunn	, Newcastle upon Tyne		Developed keywork for the Northumbrian smallpipe around 1800	(ca. 1764-1820 AD)
Armstrong, GGGG Armstrong
Armstrong, JackJack Armstrong	Wideopen, North Tyneside			(1904–1978)
Reid, RobertRobert Reid	, Newcastle upon Tyne			(1786-1837)
Burleigh, DavidDavid Burleigh		Current
Clough, TomTom Clough	Newsham			(1881-1964)
Evans, RichardRichard Evans
Liestman, JohnJohn Liestman
Nelson, MikeMike Nelson
Ross, ColinColin Ross
Say, Barry and JuliaBarry and Julia Say
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw
Burke, JohnJohn Burke
Ketchin, IanIan Ketchin

[edit] Lincolnshire bagpipes

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
Addison, JohnJohn Addison		South Somercotes, Lincolnshire	–			^[9]

[edit] Cornish bagpipes

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
Bayley, ChristopherChristopher Bayley			–			^[10]
Goodacre, JulianJulian Goodacre		Peebles	–			^[10]

[edit] Welsh bagpipes

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
Tose, JohnJohn Tose			–
Evans, JohnJohn Evans (Glennydd)			–

[edit] Continental European pipes

[edit] French and German pipes

Name	Location	Apprenticed
Dubois, RémyRémy Dubois	–
Lejeune, GeertGeert Lejeune	–
Blanc, BernardBernard Blanc	–
Hattink, FransFrans Hattink	–
Rogge, AndreasAndreas Rogge		–
Högfeldt, MagnusMagnus Högfeldt	Germany	–
Maître, Jean-SylvainJean-Sylvain Maître		–
Lecoant, YvonYvon Lecoant		–
Durin, SergeSerge Durin		–
Swayne, JonJon Swayne		–
Jaquemin, BernardBernard Jaquemin		–
Ross, JuergenJuergen Ross		–
Güntzel, JensJens Güntzel		–

[edit] Belgian pipes

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
, CorwynnCorwynn		Belgium	–		Pipasso (muchosa)

[edit] Spanish pipes

Name	Location	Apprenticed	Notes
Kieth, AlanAlan Kieth	California	–	Galician gaita
Seivane family, Seivane family	Galicia, Spain	–	Galician gaita
Chus Solis, Chus Solis	Asturias, Spain	–	Galician gaita
Luques family, Luques family	Sao Paulo, Brazil	–	Galician gaita, Sanabrian Gaita
Chus Solis, Chus Solis	Asturias, Spain	–	Asturian bagpipe

[edit] Swedish bagpipes (sackpipa)

Name	Location	Apprenticed
Faust, AlbanAlban Faust		–
Öhman, Börs AndersBörs Anders Öhman	Sweden	–
Eriksson, LeifLeif Eriksson	Sweden	–
Hamon, SethSeth Hamon	Arlington, Texas	–
Favre, BorisBoris Favre	British Columbia	–
Högfeldt, MagnusMagnus Högfeldt	Germany	–
, Luques FamilyLuques Family	Brazil	–

[edit] Estonian bagpipes (torupill)

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
Taul, AntsAnts Taul			–
Taul, AndrusAndrus Taul			–

[edit] Armenian bagpipes

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
Hakobyan, KarenKaren Hakobyan			–

[edit] Notes

^ The Advertiser, November 22, 2003.
^ ^a ^b The Observer, November 16, 2009.
^ The New York Times, October 8, 1995; Westchester County Business Journal, September 29, 1997.
^ Hermansson, Mats d (2003). From Icon to Identity: Scottish Piping and Drumming in Scandinavia, University of Gothenburg, diss.
^ The main source for this information is the history page of the William Sinclair and Son website. See also:
- The New York Times, September 15, 1980.
^ The Times and Democrat, November 5, 2006.
^ O'Neill 1973.
^ ^a ^b O'Neill 1973, pp. 160–161.
^ Lincolnshire bagpipes? 'Scottish' instrument a piece of county's history. Sunday Telegraph, 1 January 2010
^ ^a ^b Merryweather 2001.

[edit] References

Bibliography

Hardy, Neal (March 1990). "Changing Traditions: Bagpipes in Australia". Australian Folklore (4): 64–73.
Merryweather, James W. (May 2001). "Two-chanter Bagpipes in England". The Galpin Society Journal (54): 62–75.
O'Neill, Francis (1973). Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1st Norwood ed.). Darby, PA: Norwood Editions. ISBN 0883054949.
Teahan, John (May 1963). "A List of Irish Instrument Makers". The Galpin Society Journal 16 (16): 28–32. doi:10.2307/841092. JSTOR 841092.

News articles

Collins, Glenn (1980-09-15). "And pipes for almost everywhere else". The New York Times: p. B14. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60615FD345F12728DDDAC0994D1405B8084F1D3. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
Edwards, Bill (2003-11-22). "When pipes called, he answered". The Advertiser: p. 80.
Morden, Paul (2009-11-16). "Bagpipes unfairly maligned". The Observer: pp. 1, 3. http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2177569. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
Prenon, Mary T. (1997-09-29). "Echoes of Scotland". Westchester County Business Journal 36 (39): pp. 1, 2.
Rosenberg, Merri (1995-10-08). "Bagpipe maker outdoes the Scots". The New York Times: p. 13WC.14. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/08/nyregion/bagpipe-maker-outdoes-the-scots.html. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
Walker, Richard (2006-11-05). "An instrument to stir the blood". The Times and Democrat. http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2006/11/05/features/doc454ea837bb2d0780179136.txt. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

Online resources

"Pipers be wise, Sinclairise!". William Sinclair and Son. http://www.sinclair-bagpipes.co.uk/bagpipes/history.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

[oswald_obituary-0] The Advertiser, November 22, 2003.

[fisher_profile-1] The Observer, November 16, 2009.

[kron_profiles-2] The New York Times, October 8, 1995; Westchester County Business Journal, September 29, 1997.

[3] Hermansson, Mats d (2003). From Icon to Identity: Scottish Piping and Drumming in Scandinavia, University of Gothenburg, diss.

[william_sinclair_and_son_history-4] The main source for this information is the history page of the William Sinclair and Son website. See also:

The New York Times, September 15, 1980.

[6] The New York Times, September 15, 1980.

[maclellan_profile-5] The Times and Democrat, November 5, 2006.

[oneill-6] O'Neill 1973.

[oneill_pp_160-161-7] O'Neill 1973, pp. 160–161.

[8] Lincolnshire bagpipes? 'Scottish' instrument a piece of county's history. Sunday Telegraph, 1 January 2010

[merryweather-9] Merryweather 2001.

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List of bagpipe makers

Contents

[edit] British Isles pipes

[edit] Great Highland Bagpipes

[edit] Uilleann pipes

[edit] Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes

[edit] Northumbrian pipes

[edit] Lincolnshire bagpipes

[edit] Cornish bagpipes

[edit] Welsh bagpipes

[edit] Continental European pipes

[edit] French and German pipes

[edit] Belgian pipes

[edit] Spanish pipes

[edit] Swedish bagpipes (sackpipa)

[edit] Estonian bagpipes (torupill)

[edit] Armenian bagpipes

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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