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This is a '''list of well-known pipemakers'''. It covers both family-based and commercial outfits from the 17th century, when records began, through till the present era. In the 1950s, the bagpipe traditions of Europe were revived on the local level. Even though the market remains small and the well-known outfits in Scotland are mass-produced, the list of bagpipe makers is rising.

===[[Great Highland Bagpipes]]===

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{| class="sortable wikitable" 
|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! Name !! Firm !! Location !! Apprenticed !! Retired !! Notes
|- align=center valign=top
|{{sortname|James Ramsay|Oswald|James Ramsay Oswald}}
| Unknown
| Australia<ref name=oswald_obituary>{{cite news|last=Edwards|first=Bill|title=When pipes called, he answered|work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|date=2003-11-22|page=80}}</ref>
| 1941<ref name=oswald_obituary/>
| 2003
| One of only two bagpipe makers in Australia.<ref name=oswald_obituary/>
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Andrew|Ross|Andrew Ross}}
| John and Robert Glen Co.
| Edinburgh
| 
| 1978
| 
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Thomas McBean|Glen|Thomas McBean Glen}}
| John and Robert Glen Co.
| Edinburgh
| 
| 
| 
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|John|Glen|John Glen}}
| John and Robert Glen Co.
| Edinburgh
| 
| 
| 
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Robert|Glen|Robert Glen}}
| John and Robert Glen Co.
| Edinburgh
| 
| 
| 
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Charles E.|Kron|Charles Kron}}
| American Bagpipe Makers Inc.
| New York
| 1987?
| 
| Runs the only bagpipe factory in North America. First professional manufacturer since the 1950s.
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|George|Kilgour}}
| Kilgour and Kilgour
| Marypark
| 1943
| 1995
| 
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Robert|Kilgour}}
| Kilgour and Kilgour
| Marypark
| 
| 
|
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*[[D. M. Atherton Bagpipes Ltd]]
*[[David Booth Bagpipes]]
*[[Peter Crisler Bagpipes|Peter's Pipes Inc.]]
*[[Cushing Bagpipe Co.]]
*[[J. Dunbar Bagpipes Ltd]]
*[[Thomas McBean Glen|John and Robert Glen Co.]] in Edinburgh. Operated from 1827 to 1978.
*[[Tim Gellaitry]]
*[[Gibson Bagpipes, Inc]]
*[[Gillanders & McLeod Ltd]]
*[[Grainger & Campbell]]
*[[R.G. Hardie & Co. Ltd]]
*[[Peter Henderson Bagpipes]]
*[[Inveran Bagpipes]]
*[[Colin Kyo Bagpipe Company]]
*[[RG Lawrie]]
*[[MacDougall Bagpipes Ltd.]]
*[[MacLellan Bagpipes]]
*[[Douglas MacPherson]]
*[[McCallum Bagpipes Ltd]]
*[[Ian Murray Bagpipes]]
*[[David Naill & Co]]
*[[RK Bagpipes]]
*[[RT Shepherd and Son (Scotland) Ltd]]
*[[William Sinclair & Son]] in Edinburgh.<ref>Featured in {{cite news|last=Collins|first=Glenn|title=And Pipes for Almost Everywhere Else|work=The New York Times|date=1980-09-15|page=B14}}</ref>
*[[Wallace Bagpipes]]
*[[Somers Bagpipes]]
*[[Duncan Soutar of St. Andrews]]
*[[Chris Terry Bagpipes]]
*[[Charles Kron|American Bagpipe Makers Inc.]] Charley E. Kron runs the only bagpipe factory in North America. Founded in 1987. First professional manufacturer since the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|first=Merri|title=Bagpipe Maker Outdoes the Scots|work=The New York Times|page=13WC.14|date=1995-10-08|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/08/nyregion/bagpipe-maker-outdoes-the-scots.html|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news|last=Prenon|first=Mary T.|title=Echoes of Scotland|work=Westchester County Business Journal|volume=36|issue=39|pages=1-2|date=1997-09-29}}</ref>

===[[Uilleann pipes]]===

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|- bgcolor=#cccccc
! Name !! Firm !! Location !! Apprenticed !! Retired !! Notes
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Timothy|Kenna}}
| Unknown
| Dublin
| 1768?<ref name=neill>{{Harvnb|O'Neill|1973}}.</ref>
| 1794<ref name=neill/>
| Referred to as "the elder Kenna"<ref name=neill/>
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Thomas|Kenna}}
| Unknown
| Dublin
|
|
| Referred to as "the younger Kenna"<ref name=neill/>
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|William|Taylor|William Taylor (pipemaker)}}
| Unknown
| Philadelphia
| 1840-1872
| 1901<ref name=oneill160>{{Harvnb|O'Neill|1973|pp=160-161}}.</ref>
|
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Charles|Taylor|Charles Taylor (mechanic)}}
| Unknown
| Philadelphia
| 1840-1872
| 1902<ref name=oneill160/>
| Invented the Concert D sets.
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Patrick A.|Brown|Patsy Brown}}
|
| Boston
| 1910
| 1958
| Made only concert-pitch sets, in a style similar to that used by the Taylor brothers
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*[[Dave Williams]] (deceased)
*[[Joe Kennedy]]
*[[Geoff Wooff]]
*[[C.J. Dixon]]
*[[B.C. Childress]]
*[[Patrick O'Hare]]
*[[Andreas Rogge]]
*[[Alain Froment]] (deceased)
*[[John Dunn (pipemaker)|John Dunn]] (deceased)
*[[Mickey Dunne]]
*[[Mark Hillmann]]
*[[David Daye]]
*[[Kohler & Quinn]]
*[[Pat Sky]]
*[[Brendan Ring]]
*[[Nick Whitmer]]
*[[Leo Rowsome]] (deceased)
*[[Michael Vignoles]]
*[[Tim Britton]]
*[[Kenneth McNicholl]]
*[[Aaron Setunsky]]
*[[Seth Gallagher]], the only professional Uilleann pipemaker in North America today.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rowe|first=Claudia|title=Revival of an Old Irish Craft|work=The New York Times|page=14WC.11|date=2000-03-19|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/19/nyregion/revival-of-an-old-irish-craft.html|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref>

===[[Northumbrian pipes]]===
*[[G G Armstrong]] (deceased)
*[[Jack Armstrong (piper)|Jack Armstrong]] (deceased)
*[[David Burleigh]]
*[[Tom Clough]] (deceased)
*[[Richard Evans (pipemaker)|Richard Evans]]
*[[John Leistman]]
*[[Mike Nelson (pipemaker)|Mike Nelson]]
*[[Robert Reid (pipemaker) | Robert Reid]] (deceased)
*[[Colin Ross (folk musician)|Colin Ross]]
*[[B & J Say]]
*[[David Shaw (pipemaker)|Dave Shaw]]

===Scottish Bellowspipes===

*[[Garvie Bagpipes]]
*[[Ian Kinnear Scottish Small Pipes]]
*[[Hamish Moore]]
*[[John Walsh]]
*[[Nate Banton]]
*[[Richard and Anita Evans]]
*[[Fred Morrison Smallpipes]]
*[[EJ Jones Tidycottage Smallpipes]]

===French and German Pipes===

*[[Rémy Dubois]]
*[[Bernard Blanc]]
*[[Frans Hattink]]
*[[Andreas Rogge]]
*[[Alban Faust]]
*[[Jean-Sylvain Maître]]
*[[Yvon Lecoant]]
*[[Serge Durin]]
*[[Jon Swayne]]
*[[Bernard Jaquemin]]
*[[Juergen Ross]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=O'Neill|first=Francis|authorlink=Francis O'Neill|title=Irish Minstrels and Musicians|publisher=Norwood Editions|year=1973|location=Darby, PA|edition=1st Norwood|isbn=0883054949}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal|last=Teahan|first=John|title=A List of Irish Instrument Makers|journal=The Galpin Society Journal|volume=16|pages=28-32|date=May 1963}}

[[Category:Lists of people by occupation|Pipe makers]]