It would seem that not a week goes by that some renowned piper announces that he is now making pipes for sale. On the face of it ,it sounds like a great situation for the piping world ,but is it all good or is there any down side to having so many pipemakers?
RORY
Sure, most of them don’t know what they’re doing.
And charge just as much as a renowned pipe maker.
A wee bit of a negative start tae Rorys posited question.. don’t ye think…do any of US really know whit we are doing?Thats the question.. 
It can only be of benefit to the piping community if there’s more makers producing quality instruments.
[quote][It would seem that not a week goes by that some renowned piper announces that he is now making pipes for sale. On the face of it ,it sounds like a great situation for the piping world ,but is it all good or is there any down side to having so many pipemakers?
RORY
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I must have missed that one. Which renowned piper announced that he is now making pipes for sale?
I must have missed that one. Which renowned piper announced that he is now making pipes for sale?
John Reid was posted to yertube late on friday.
but there are others at it, Eoin O’Riabhaigh among them
Just saw that John Reid is Sean Reid’s grandson and things fall into place regarding pipes
Guess that was a bit negative. Let me rephrase: are there any good new pipemakers, or is just another batch making really ugly chainsaws?
Burton,and Wyatt are making pipes,and yes they know what they are doing!http://www.reedshaman.co.uk/
I’ve played some of Alan and Geoff’s chanters and although not being a fan of scalloped holes I really took a shine to one of their ebony chanters, so much so Geoff kept a beady eye on me the whole weekend at a recent tionól 
. Chris Coe is making some lovely , quality instruments and Makoto in Japan is doing some really good things too. All “relative” newcomers to pipe making.There seems to be more positive posts about pipemakers nowadays than the past frequent negative posts about the quality of pipes. Just goes to show that , IMHO, things are on the up.
http://pipesland.com/bagpipes/, Russian Maker, Alexandre Anistratov.
yeah, I was thinking of getting into it…
looks like a real fun way to make some serious cash on the side.
Maybe start off with a nice pine & copper practice set…
Time will tell ye if they are good or no as will the market.Given the paucity o makers oot there I welcome any one mad enough tae give it a try.Anyways they are actually doing it unlike some o the detractors ,armchair critics.. fie on them I say… 
I’m sure its all good for the piper,but it could be the end of the full-time professional pipemaker and not to say that,thats a bad thing ,just different
RORY
it could be the end of the full-time professional pipemaker and not to say that,thats a bad thing
IMHO it would be a bad thing as a full time maker needs to keep standards up to make a living whereas a hobbyist is not relient on the income and may not be quite so careful or consistant
Was in a workshop of a professional full time pipe maker recently and he had two FULL sets in for completion, both by part time makers where one lacked a baritone regulator and the other full set (also paid for in full) had just 3 ‘minor’ parts missing - the regulators.
On the list on NPU I wonder how many are full time makers and how many are part time supplimenting their income with other activities. I know of one part time maker who will be praying for that white stuff most of us would gladly do without with the chaos it brings to us as for some reason even though it is winter and the forecast predicts it the local councils are never expecting it.
John
I think renowned full time pipe makers have nothing to worry about as they’ve gone through their extensive R&D and are happy with the product that they sell. If new makers aren’t u to scratch then I’m sure we’ll get to know about here !! Most renowned makers have long lists so the people most likely to benefit are new pipers
Whit?? cocaine dealing on the Chiff ??? 
As for pipemakers who aren’t on it, live and let live I say.Quality will shine through 