List of bagpipe makers

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Template:Short description 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

Great Highland Bagpipes/Great Irish Warpipes


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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 Script error: No such module "Sort". Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Self-taught pipemaker. One of only a handful of bagpipe makers in Canada. [6]
American Bagpipe Makers Inc. Script error: No such module "Sort". Dobbs Ferry, New York, US 1987? [7]
Rolf of Sweden Script error: No such module "Sort". Sweden 1990s Custom made bagpipes: Great Highland Bagpipes, Smallpipes, Practice Chanters. Self-taught pipe maker. [8]
William Sinclair and Son Script error: No such module "Sort". Edinburgh, Scotland 1926 [9]
MacLellan Bagpipes Script error: No such module "Sort". Zebulon, North Carolina, US 1988 Zebulon location began operations in 2023. The only business in North America to make, sell, and teach how to play bagpipes. [10]
McCallum Bagpipes Ltd. Kilmarnock, Scotland
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]

Uilleann pipes

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Unknown Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia, PA 1840-1872 1901 [18]
The Burley Bagpipes Company Graham Burley Naramata, British Columbia, Canada [4]
Unknown Script error: No such module "Sort". Philadelphia, PA 1840-1872 1902 [18]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Boston, Massachusetts 1910 1958
Leo Rowsome
Bruce Childress Maine

Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes

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Fisher Bagpipes Script error: No such module "Sort". Sarnia, ON Self-taught pipemaker. [6]
Hamish Moore Dunkeld X
Fin Moore Dunkeld Smallpipes, Borderpipes and Bagpipes
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]

Northumbrian pipes

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Script error: No such module "Sort". Newcastle upon Tyne 1764 1820 Developed keywork for the Northumbrian smallpipe around 1800
Script error: No such module "Sort". England 1877 1955
Script error: No such module "Sort". Wideopen, North Tyneside 1904 1978
Script error: No such module "Sort". Newcastle upon Tyne 1786 1837
Script error: No such module "Sort". Newsham 1881 1964
Script error: No such module "Sort". United Kingdom
William H. Hedworth 1994

Lincolnshire bagpipes

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Script error: No such module "Sort". South Somercotes, Lincolnshire [20]

Cornish bagpipes

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Script error: No such module "Sort". [21]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Peebles [21]

Shuttle pipes

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John Walsh Bagpipes Ltd. John Walsh, Tom MacMillan Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada [3]

Continental European pipes

Armenian bagpipes

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Estonian bagpipes (torupill)

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Script error: No such module "Sort". Estonia

French and German pipes

Greek Bagpipes

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Script error: No such module "Sort". La Ponta Venetian Tower Greek bagpipe exhibition-workshop [22]

Swedish bagpipes (säckpipa)

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Script error: No such module "Sort". Sweden
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  1. ^ a b The Advertiser, November 22, 2003
  2. ^ Dunbar Bagpipes, 2020
  3. ^ a b John Walsh Bagpipes Ltd, 2020
  4. ^ a b c d The Burley Bagpipes Company, 1996
  5. ^ Lee & Sons Bagpipes, 2018
  6. ^ a b The Observer, November 16, 2009.
  7. ^ The New York Times, October 8, 1995; Westchester County Business Journal, September 29, 1997.
  8. ^ Hermansson, Mats d (2003). From Icon to Identity: Scottish Piping and Drumming in Scandinavia, University of Gothenburg, diss.
  9. ^ The main source for this information is the history page of the William Sinclair and Son website. See also:
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shaffer, Josh (January 23, 2023). "How this world-class bagpipe maker came to set up shop in a highly unlikely spot". The News & Observer. Zebulon, North Carolina. Archived from the original on December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  11. ^ Bureau of Military History: Seamus O'Mahony, witness statement
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An Claidheamh Soluis: Iúil-Nollaig 1910". Issuu. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mitchell, John. "Crowley Pipemakers: Uilleann Pipers and Makers". Cork Pipers Club.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."David Naill & Co. Bagpipes". www.naillbagpipes.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Piping PressHistory: Peter Henderson, the Iconic Bagpipe Maker". Piping Press. 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History - Bagpipes, Pipe Band Uniforms and Drums". R. G. Hardie & Co. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hardie, Robert G." The Bagpipe Place Museum. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  18. ^ a b Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found..
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Iona Bagpipes". iona-bagpipes.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  20. ^ Lincolnshire bagpipes? 'Scottish' instrument a piece of county's history. Sunday Telegraph, 1 January 2010
  21. ^ a b Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found..
  22. ^ January/February 2013 issue of Songlines (#89) article:Postcard from Santorini
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