Jim F. Bryan (1931–2009) was a noted player and maker of the Northumbrian smallpipes.
William A. Cocks; F. S. A. Scot, The Galpin Society Journal, Vol.
Richard Mowat or Mowatt (1865-1936) was a renowned and award-winning player of the Northumbrian smallpipes.
interest in the traditional music of the north-east, and particularly the Northumbrian smallpipes.
Bewick was fond of the music of Northumberland, and of the Northumbrian smallpipes in particular.
The museum, founded in 1987, contains a large collection of historic bagpipes, especially, but not exclusively, historic Northumbrian smallpipes and Border pipes, mainly based on the collection of William Alfred Cocks (1892 - 1971).
Kathryn Tickell: Plays Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle on the track "Seventeen Summers" on the Forge and Flagon album.
Jim Bryan (1931–2009), player and maker of the Northumbrian smallpipes
Billy Pigg (1902–1968), English player of Northumbrian smallpipes