List of pipe makers - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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. Although the market remains small and the Scottish bagpipes are mass-produced, the list of bagpipe makers is rising.

Great Highland Bagpipes

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Naperville, Illinois

Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Willoughby, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 22,621 people, 10,265 households, and 5,892 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,225.3 people per square mile . There were 10,700 housing units at an average density of 1,052.6 per square mile...

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Dobbs Ferry, New York

Dobbs Ferry is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 10,875 at the 2010 census.The Village of Dobbs Ferry is located in, and is a part of, the town of Greenburgh...

Marypark

Marypark is a hamlet in Moray, Scotland. It is south-west of Charlestown of Aberlour on the A95 road in Strathspey. The Glenfarclas distillery is located to the east of the hamlet....

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Marypark

Marypark is a hamlet in Moray, Scotland. It is south-west of Charlestown of Aberlour on the A95 road in Strathspey. The Glenfarclas distillery is located to the east of the hamlet....

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

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Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Summerville, South Carolina

Summerville is a town in the U.S. state of South Carolina situated mostly in Dorchester County with small portions in Berkeley, and Charleston counties. It is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area as designated for statistical purposes by the U.S. Office...

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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

Uilleann pipes
Uilleann pipes
The uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...

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Unknown	Dublin	1768?	1794
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Unknown	Philadelphia	1840-1872	1901
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	Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...	1910	1958
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	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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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
Leo Rowsome
Leo Rowsome was the third generation of an unbroken line of uilleann pipers. He was performer, manufacturer and teacher of the uilleann pipes - the complete master of his instrument...

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Brendan Ring
Aaron Setunsky
Pat Sky
Michael Vignoles
Nick Whitmer
Dave Williams (deceased)
Geoff Wooff

Jesse Uilleann Pipes
Kohler & Quinn
San Uilleann

Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes

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	Tidycottage Smallpipes	Asheville, North Carolina	–
	Pinchbeck Pipes	Hope Hope Hope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. It is the "feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best" or the act of "look[ing] forward to with desire and reasonable confidence" or... , Maine	–
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	Fisher Bagpipes	Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....	–	Self-taught pipemaker.
		Edzell Edzell Edzell is a village in Angus, Scotland. It is located 5 miles north of Brechin, by the River North Esk. Edzell is a Georgian-era planned town, with a broad main street and a grid system of side streets. Originally called Slateford, Edzell was renamed in 1818 after an earlier hamlet, located 1.5...	–
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Richard and Anita Evans		Cumbria	–
Fred Morrison Fred Morrison Fred Morrison is one of the world's leading pipers and is a globally renowned composer of music for the bagpipes.Morrison is known for his unique, powerfully exuberant, virtuosic and highly improvisational style which combines the Gaelic piping tradition of South Uist with contemporary and eclectic... Smallpipes		?	–
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Northumbrian pipes

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		, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...			Developed keywork for the Northumbrian smallpipe around 1800	(ca. 1764-1820 AD)

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Wideopen

Wideopen is a village located in the administrative Borough of North Tyneside, north of Gosforth and six miles from Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. The village name written as one word is in widespread local use and appears on signage at either end of the village, but the alternative form of Wide...

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North Tyneside

The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England and is part of the Tyneside conurbation. Its seat is Wallsend Town Hall....

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

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Lincolnshire bagpipes
Lincolnshire bagpipes
The Lincolnshire bagpipes are a type of bagpipe native to Lincolnshire in eastern England. The instrument was extinct in the modern era, with a 1901 commentator noting that it had become defunct by 1850. Later researchers identified the last traditional piper as John Hunsley, a 19th century farmer...

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		South Somercotes South Somercotes South Somercotes is a village and civil parish 8 miles north-east of Louth and around 2 miles south of North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, England... , Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...	–

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Cornish bagpipes

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		Peebles Peebles Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...	–

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Welsh bagpipes

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French and German pipes

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Belgian pipes

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		Belgium	–		Pipasso Pipasso The pipasso is a type of bagpipe found in northern France and Belgium, commonly called the "Picardy bagpipe". In the Belgian province of Hainaut, it is also known as the muchosa.... (muchosa Muchosa The muchosa is a type of bagpipe currently played mainly in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, but which was previously known down into the north of France as far as Picardy.... )

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Spanish pipes

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California	–	Galician gaita
Galicia, Spain	–	Galician gaita
Asturias, Spain	–	Asturian bagpipe

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Swedish bagpipes (sackpipa)

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Arlington, Texas

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...

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British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

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Estonian bagpipes (torupill
Torupill
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Great Highland Bagpipes

Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes

Northumbrian pipes

Cornish bagpipes

Welsh bagpipes

French and German pipes

Belgian pipes

Spanish pipes

Swedish bagpipes (sackpipa)

Estonian bagpipes (torupillTorupillThe torupill is a type of bagpipe from Estonia.-Place in Estonian folk music:It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia...)

Armenian bagpipes

Estonian bagpipes (torupill
Torupill
The torupill is a type of bagpipe from Estonia.-Place in Estonian folk music:It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia...

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