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===Great Highland Bagpipe===
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| Alexander, George || Unknown || London, England, then Isle of Wight (United Kingdom) || Closed as of 1990 || None
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| Atherton, David M. || D. M. Atherton Bagpipes Ltd.|| Naperville, Illinois (United States) || Active || http://www.dmatherton.com/
|- Booth David & Craig Booth. || David Booth Bagpipes. || Alva, Scotland. || Active. || None.
| Primarily Pakistani Products || Beginner Bagpipes || West Lothian, Scotland || active || http://www.beginnerbagpipes.co.uk/
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| Chris Terry Bagpipes || Professional Bagpipes || Grahamstown, South Africa || active ||
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.
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| Crisler, Peter W. || Peter's Pipes Inc. || Louisville, Kentucky (United States) || Active || http://home.insightbb.com/~pwwjcrisler/index.html
===[[Great Highland Bagpipes]]===
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| Dunbar, Jack || J. Dunbar Bagpipes Ltd. || St. Catherines, Ontario (Canada) || Active || http://www.dunbarbagpipes.com/
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{| class="sortable wikitable"
| Gibson, Jerry || Gibson Bagpipes, Inc. || Willoughby, Ohio (United States) || Active || http://www.gibsonpipes.com/
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! Name !! Firm !! Location !! Apprenticed !! Retired !! Notes
| Grainger, George and Neil Campbell || Grainger & Campbell || Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Closed as of 1989 || None
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|{{sortname|James Ramsay|Oswald|James Ramsay Oswald}}
| Chalmers, Scott || Peter Henderson Bagpipes || Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.rghardie.co.uk
| 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>
| Huggins, Murray || Colin Kyo Bagpipe Company || Medford, Oregon (United States) || Active || http://www.colinkyobagpipes.com/
| 1941<ref name=oswald_obituary/>
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| 2003
| Kron, Charley || C.E. Kron & Co. || Dobbs Ferry, New York (United States) || Active || http://www.cekron.com/
| One of only two bagpipe makers in Australia.<ref name=oswald_obituary/>
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|- align=center valign=top
| MacLellan, Roddy || MacLellan Bagpipe || Summerville, South Carolina (United States) || Active || http://www.highland-pipemaker.com/
| {{sortname|Andrew|Ross|Andrew Ross}}
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| John and Robert Glen Co.
| MacLeod, Kenny and Stuart McCallum || McCallum Bagpipes Ltd. || Kilmarnock, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/
| Edinburgh
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|  
| MacPherson, Hugh || Unknown || Scotland (United Kingdom) || Closed as of around 1990 || None
| 1978
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|  
| Murray, Ian D. || Ian Murray Bagpipes || Forfar, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.ianmurray-bagpipes.co.uk/
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| {{sortname|Thomas McBean|Glen|Thomas McBean Glen}}
| Cowell, Les & Martin || David Naill & Co. || Somerset, England (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.naill-bagpipes.com/
| John and Robert Glen Co.
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| Edinburgh
| Richard Kean || RK Bagpipes || Texas, USA || Active || http://www.rkbagpipes.com/
|  
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|  
| Douglas Shepherd || RT Shepherd and Son (Scotland) Ltd. || Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.shepherd-bagpipes.com/
|  
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| Sinclair, Robert || || Leicester, England (United Kingdom) || ||
| {{sortname|John|Glen|John Glen}}
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| John and Robert Glen Co.
| Sinclair, William || Wm. Sinclair & Son || Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.sinclair-bagpipes.co.uk/
| Edinburgh
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|  
| Somers, Trewin || Somers Bagpipes || Calgary, Alberta (Canada) || Active || http://www.somersbagpipes.com/
|  
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|  
| Soutar, Duncan || Duncan Soutar of St. Andrews || St. Andrews, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.duncansoutarofstandrews.com/
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| {{sortname|Robert|Glen|Robert Glen}}
| Gillanders, Robert and Iain McLeod || Gillanders & McLeod Ltd. || Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.gandmbagpipes.co.uk/
| John and Robert Glen Co.
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| Edinburgh
| Chalmers, Scott || R.G. Hardie & Co. Ltd. || Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.rghardie.co.uk/
|  
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|  
| Henderson, Peter || Peter Henderson & Co. || Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Inactive || None
|  
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| Unknown || RG Lawrie Bagpipes Limited || Castle Douglas, Scotland (United Kingdom) || Active || http://www.lawriebagpipes.com/
| {{sortname|Charles E.|Kron|Charles Kron}}
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| American Bagpipe Makers Inc.
| David Booth||Duncan MacDougall & Gavin C MacDougall || Aberfeldy, Scotland|| Active || www.macdougallbagpipes.com
| New York
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| 1987?
|  
| Runs the only bagpipe factory in North America. First professional manufacturer since the 1950s.
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| {{sortname|George|Kilgour}}
| Kilgour and Kilgour
| Marypark
| 1943
| 1995
|  
|- align=center valign=top
| {{sortname|Robert|Kilgour}}
| Kilgour and Kilgour
| Marypark
|  
|  
|
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===Uilleann pipes===


*Dave Williams (deceased)
*[[D. M. Atherton Bagpipes Ltd]]
*Joe Kennedy<!-- Well known pipe maker, now back in Canada -->
*[[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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{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! 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]]
*[[Geoff Wooff]]
*[[C.J. Dixon]]
*[[C.J. Dixon]]
*[[B.C. Childress]]
*[[B.C. Childress]]
*[[Patrick O'Hare - Belfast]]
*[[Patrick O'Hare]]
*[http://www.sethgallagher.com Seth Gallagher]
*[[Andreas Rogge]]
*[[Andreas Rogge]]
*[[Alain Froment]] (deceased)
*[[Alain Froment]] (deceased)
*[[John Dunn (pipemaker)|John Dunn]] (deceased)
*[[Mickey Dunne]]
*[[Mickey Dunne]]
*Mark Hillmann
*[[Mark Hillmann]]
*David Daye
*[[David Daye]]
*David Quinn & Benedict Kohler
*[[Kohler & Quinn]]
*[http://www.patricksky.com Pat Sky]
*[[Pat Sky]]
*[[Brendan Ring]]
*[[Brendan Ring]]
*[[Nick Whitmer]]
*[[Nick Whitmer]]
*[[Leo Rowsome]] (deceased)
*[[Leo Rowsome]] (deceased)
*[[Patsy Brown]] (deceased)
*[[Taylor brothers]] (deceased)
*[[Michael Vignoles]]
*[[Michael Vignoles]]
*[[Tim Britton]]
*[[Tim Britton]]
*[http://www.kmbagpipes.com Kenneth McNicholl]
*[[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===
===[[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]]


*[[Richard Evans]]
===Scottish Bellowspipes===


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


*Garvie - http://garviebagpipes.co.uk
===French and German Pipes===
*Ebert Jones - http://www.piperjones.com
* Hamish Moore http://www.hamishmoore.musicscotland.com
*John Walsh http://www.hotpipes.com/walsh.html
*Nate Banton - http://www.elbowmusic.com
*Richard and Anita Evans - http://evansweb.co.uk
*Fred Morrison Smallpipes - http://www.fredmorrisonpipes.com
*Brian Mckay - http://www.MckayPipes.com
*Duncan & Gavin C MacDougall-www.macdougallbagpipes.com
*Alec Smith - http://www.lauriebeck.co.uk


===Cauld Wind Pipes===
*[[Rémy Dubois]]
 
*[[Bernard Blanc]]
* Moore, Hamish, Perthshire
*[[Frans Hattink]]
 
*[[Andreas Rogge]]
===Transmontan bagpipes===
*[[Alban Faust]]
*[[Jean-Sylvain Maître]]
*[[Yvon Lecoant]]
*[[Serge Durin]]
*[[Jon Swayne]]
*[[Bernard Jaquemin]]
*[[Juergen Ross]]


*[[Associação Gaita-de-fole]]
==References==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Lists of people by occupation]]
==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}}


===Lowland Pipes/Border Pipes===
[[Category:Lists of people by occupation|Pipe makers]]
 
*Hamish Moore - http://www.hamishmoore.musicscotland.com
*Garvie (Nigel Richards) - http://www.garviebagpipes.co.uk
*John Burke - http://www.borderpipe.com
*Richard and Anita Evans - http://evansweb.co.uk
*Nate Banton - http://www.elbowmusic.com
*Fred Morrison Reelpipes - http://www.fredmorrisonpipes.com
*Alec Smith - http://www.lauriebeck.co.uk
 
===French and German Pipes===
 
*Rémy Dubois - No working site (http://www.cornemuse.net)
*Bernard Blanc - http://www.pipeshow.net/bernard-blanc.htm
*Frans Hattink - http://www.hotpipes.com/frans.html
*Andreas Rogge -http://www.uilleann-pipes.de
*Alban Faust -http://www.albanfaust.se
*Jean-Sylvain Maître - No working website
*Yvon Lecoant - http://www.lecoant.com
*Serge Durin - http://www.pipeshow.net/musee-virtuel-serge_durin.htm
*Jon Swayne- http://www.pipeshow.net/musee-virtuel-jon-swayne.htm
*Bernard Jaquemin - http://www.pipeshow.net/bernard-jacquemin.htm
*Juergen Ross - http://www.dudelsackbau.de/

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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

Name Firm Location Apprenticed Retired Notes
Template:Sortname Unknown Australia[1] 1941[1] 2003 One of only two bagpipe makers in Australia.[1]
Template:Sortname John and Robert Glen Co. Edinburgh 1978
Template:Sortname John and Robert Glen Co. Edinburgh
Template:Sortname John and Robert Glen Co. Edinburgh
Template:Sortname John and Robert Glen Co. Edinburgh
Template:Sortname American Bagpipe Makers Inc. New York 1987? Runs the only bagpipe factory in North America. First professional manufacturer since the 1950s.
Template:Sortname Kilgour and Kilgour Marypark 1943 1995
Template:Sortname Kilgour and Kilgour Marypark


Uilleann pipes

Name Firm Location Apprenticed Retired Notes
Template:Sortname Unknown Dublin 1768?[5] 1794[5] Referred to as "the elder Kenna"[5]
Template:Sortname Unknown Dublin Referred to as "the younger Kenna"[5]
Template:Sortname Unknown Philadelphia 1840-1872 1901[6]
Template:Sortname Unknown Philadelphia 1840-1872 1902[6] Invented the Concert D sets.
Template:Sortname Boston 1910 1958 Made only concert-pitch sets, in a style similar to that used by the Taylor brothers

Northumbrian pipes

Scottish Bellowspipes

French and German Pipes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edwards, Bill (2003-11-22). "When pipes called, he answered". The Advertiser: p. 80. 
  2. ↑ Featured in Collins, Glenn (1980-09-15). "And Pipes for Almost Everywhere Else". The New York Times: p. B14. 
  3. ↑ 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 on 2009-05-31. 
  4. ↑ Prenon, Mary T. (1997-09-29). "Echoes of Scotland". Westchester County Business Journal 36 (39): pp. 1-2. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Template:Harvnb.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Template:Harvnb.
  7. ↑ Rowe, Claudia (2000-03-19). "Revival of an Old Irish Craft". The New York Times: p. 14WC.11. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/19/nyregion/revival-of-an-old-irish-craft.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-31. 

Bibliography

  • O'Neill, Francis (1973). Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1st Norwood ed.). Darby, PA: Norwood Editions. ISBN 0883054949. 

Further reading

  • Teahan, John (May 1963). "A List of Irish Instrument Makers". The Galpin Society Journal 16: 28-32. 
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