George Grey Armstrong (1877–1961) was a player, teacher and maker of the Northumbrian smallpipes.
He learned to play the instrument from the Clough family, and studied pipemaking with John E. Baty.
[1] He taught 36 pupils, including Joe Hutton, Tommy Breckons and Colin Caisley, and passed on his pipemaking skills to William Cocks.
From the playing of these and other pupils, it is clear that Armstrong must have been not only a fine piper but an excellent teacher.
His own 17-key set of pipes, a family heirloom, made by James Reid, is now in the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum.