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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.
British Isles pipes [ edit ]
Firm
Name
Location
Apprenticed
Retired
Notes
Refs
Unknown
James Ramsay Oswald
Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
1941
2003
One of only ten bagpipe makers in Australia.
[ 1]
Dunbar Bagpipe Maker Ltd.
Rick Pettigrew, Barry Dunbar, Jacquie Dunbar
St. Catharines , Ontario, Canada
Founded by Jack Dunbar of Glasgow in 1985
[ 2]
John Walsh Bagpipes Ltd.
John Walsh, Tom MacMillan
Antigonish , Nova Scotia, Canada
[ 3]
The Burley Bagpipes Company
Graham Burley
Naramata , British Columbia, Canada
[ 4]
Lee & Sons Bagpipes
Jack Lee, Andrew Lee
Surrey , British Columbia, Canada
[ 5]
Macbeth and Co. Bagpipes
Martin MacBeth
Brisbane , Australia
1990s
Began in Brisbane 2010?
[ 1]
Fisher Bagpipes
Wayne Fisher
Sarnia, ON
Self-taught pipemaker. One of only a handful of bagpipe makers in Canada.
[ 6]
American Bagpipe Makers Inc.
Charles E. Kron
Dobbs Ferry, NY
1987?
[ 7]
Rolf of Sweden
Rolf Littorin
Sweden
1990s
Custom made bagpipes: Great Highland Bagpipes, Smallpipes, Practice Chanters. Self-taught pipe maker.
[ 8]
William Sinclair and Son
William M. Sinclair
Edinburgh , Scotland
1926
[ 9]
MacLellan Bagpipes
Roddy MacLellan
Monroe, NC
Former Tiffany & Co. silversmith.
[ 10]
McCallum Bagpipes Ltd .
Kilmarnock
O'Mahony Warpipes
James O'Mahony
Cork , Ireland
1914?
From Mitchelstown in Cork. Maker of Fiddles and Warpipes.
[ 11]
O'Keeffe Warpipes
O'Keeffe
Tippperary , Ireland
1910
Is said to have been one of the first makers of Warpipes in Ireland in the 20th century. Prior to that Warpipes weren't known to have been made since 1870.
[ 12]
O'Crowley Music
Tadhg & Denis Crowley
Cork, Ireland
1920
1952
1966
Brother's Tadhg and Denis Crowley made Warpipes, Highland Pipes, and Uilleann pipes in Cork.
[ 13]
David Naill & Co., Ltd.
Leslie Cowell
Somerset, England
Founded 1976. Makers of Scottish Bagpipes, Smallpipes & chanters.
[ 14]
Peter Henderson Ltd.
Peter Henderson
Glasgow , Scotland
1868
1972
One of the famous Scottish bagpipe makers. Merged with R. G. Hardie & Co. in 1972.
[ 15]
R. G. Hardie & Co.
Robert G. Hardie
Glasgow, Scotland
1950
[ 16] [ 17]
Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes [ edit ]
Firm
Name
Location
Apprenticed
Retired
Notes
Refs
Fisher Bagpipes
Wayne Fisher
Sarnia , ON
Self-taught pipemaker.
[ 6]
Hamish Moore
Dunkeld
Fred Morrison Smallpipes
Smallpipes and Borderpipes manufactured by McCallum Bagpipes Ltd
The Burley Bagpipes Company
Graham Burley
Naramata , British Columbia, Canada
[ 4]
John Walsh Bagpipes Ltd.
John Walsh
Antigonish, NS
Smallpipes, Great Highland Pipes, and Shuttlepipes .
[ 4]
Iona Bagpipes
Bill Hart
Sydney, Australia
Smallpipes, Scottish Double Smallpipes
[ 19]
Lincolnshire bagpipes [ edit ]
Firm
Name
Location
Apprenticed
Retired
Notes
Refs
John Walsh Bagpipes Ltd.
John Walsh, Tom MacMillan
Antigonish , Nova Scotia, Canada
[ 3]
Continental European pipes [ edit ]
Name
Firm
Location
Apprenticed
Retired
Notes
Refs
Ants Taul
Estonia
French and German pipes [ edit ]
Name
Firm
Location
Apprenticed
Retired
Notes
Refs
Yannis Pantazis
La Ponta
Venetian Tower Greek bagpipe exhibition-workshop
[ 22]
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. doi :10.2307/842446 . JSTOR 842446 .
O'Neill, Francis (1973). Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1st Norwood ed.). Darby, Pennsylvania: Norwood Editions. ISBN 0-88305-494-9 .
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. 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. Retrieved 2010-02-12 .
Prenon, Mary T. (1997-09-29). "Echoes of Scotland". Westchester County Business Journal . Vol. 36, no. 39. pp. 1, 2.
Rosenberg, Merri (1995-10-08). "Bagpipe maker outdoes the Scots" . The New York Times . p. 13WC.14. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
Walker, Richard (2006-11-05). "An instrument to stir the blood" . The Times and Democrat . Retrieved 2009-06-05 .
Online resources
^ a b The Advertiser , November 22, 2003
^ Dunbar Bagpipes , 2020
^ a b John Walsh Bagpipes Ltd , 2020
^ a b c d The Burley Bagpipes Company , 1996
^ Lee & Sons Bagpipes , 2018
^ 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 Times and Democrat , November 5, 2006 .
^ Bureau of Military History: Seamus O'Mahony, witness statement
^ "An Claidheamh Soluis: Iúil-Nollaig 1910" . Issuu . 27 July 2016. Retrieved 2020-07-22 .
^ Mitchell, John. "Crowley Pipemakers: Uilleann Pipers and Makers" . Cork Pipers Club .
^ "David Naill & Co. Bagpipes" . www.naillbagpipes.com . Retrieved 2022-05-12 .
^ "Piping PressHistory: Peter Henderson, the Iconic Bagpipe Maker" . Piping Press . 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-09-07 .
^ "History - Bagpipes, Pipe Band Uniforms and Drums" . R. G. Hardie & Co . Retrieved 2023-03-02 .
^ "Hardie, Robert G." The Bagpipe Place Museum . Retrieved 2023-03-02 .
^ a b O'Neill 1973 , pp. 160–161.
^ "Iona Bagpipes" . iona-bagpipes.com . Retrieved 2024-07-14 .
^ Lincolnshire bagpipes? 'Scottish' instrument a piece of county's history . Sunday Telegraph, 1 January 2010
^ a b Merryweather 2001 .
^ January/February 2013 issue of Songlines (#89) article:Postcard from Santorini