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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

Great Highland Bagpipes/Great Irish Warpipes

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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]

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Name	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes
John Dunn	Newcastle upon Tyne	1764	1820	Developed keywork for the Northumbrian smallpipe around 1800
G.G. Armstrong	England	1877	1955
Jack Armstrong	Wideopen, North Tyneside	1904	1978
Robert Reid	Newcastle upon Tyne	1786	1837
Tom Clough	Newsham	1881	1964
Colin Ross	United Kingdom
William H. Hedworth			1994

List_of_pipe_makers

List of bagpipe makers

British Isles pipes

Great Highland Bagpipes/Great Irish Warpipes

Uilleann pipes

Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes

Northumbrian pipes

Lincolnshire bagpipes

Cornish bagpipes

Shuttle pipes

Continental European pipes

Armenian bagpipes

Estonian bagpipes (torupill)

French and German pipes

Greek Bagpipes

Swedish bagpipes (säckpipa)

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Firm	Name	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Refs
Unknown	William Taylor	Philadelphia, PA	1840-1872	1901	^[18]
The Burley Bagpipes Company	Graham Burley	Naramata, British Columbia, Canada			^[4]
Unknown	Charles Taylor	Philadelphia, PA	1840-1872	1902	^[18]
	Patrick A. Brown	Boston, Massachusetts	1910	1958
	Leo Rowsome

Name	Firm	Location	Apprenticed	Retired	Notes	Refs
Christopher Bayley						^[20]
Julian Goodacre		Peebles				^[20]