Folk instrument makers
Folk instrument makers of Britain and Ireland on Folk Calendar: 5 of them, with their dates, where they were born and died, and their recordings. Every artist, A to Z
By role
By instrument
By tradition
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- Hamish Moore Piper and pipemaker; Scottish smallpipes revival
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- Donald Riddell 1908 to 1992 Fiddler, fiddle maker and teacher; Kirkhill
- Colin Ross 1934 to 2019 Northumbrian pipe maker, piper and fiddler; High Level Ranters
- Leo Rowsome 1903 to 1970 Uilleann piper, pipe maker and teacher
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© Samuel LaurencePublic Domain Mark
Charles Wheatstone
1802 to 1875
Scientist; inventor of the English concertina