David Naill & Co
For over thirty years David Naill and company Ltd have delivered the exceptional tonal quality sought after by the worlds top players:
A great bagpipe begins with the maker
You can’t be a great piper without the right combination of training, experience, and ability, and that is also true of bagpipe makers. To understand why the Naill bagpipe is so good, you have to know about the man behind the name. Bagpipe maker Leslie Cowell began his career in bagpipe manufacture as an apprentice to the famous London bagpipe maker Henry Starck. The Starck family made bagpipes and other instruments for several generations, and Les worked there from 1946 to ‘55. Starck bagpipes were known for exceptional tone and workmanship. In 1955, Les later worked for instrument makers Boosey and Hawkes, and eventually started David Naill & Co. in 1976.
Les Cowell’s years of training and experience as an instrument maker went into the design and manufacture of the Naill bagpipe, and in the early years of the company David Naill set new standards of excellence and expectation in the way bagpipes are finished—from exquisite turning and bores, to precise beading and combing, and in-house silversmiths whose work easily surpassed anything on the market.
From the very early years, Les sought input from champion players, and throughout the years since, the instrument’s quality has been the result of the marriage of unsurpassed craftsmanship with the master player’s ear for what makes the best-sounding instrument.
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