Jim Bryan

Jim F. Bryan (1931–2009) was a noted player and maker of the Northumbrian smallpipes.

His widow Marion recalled [2] "Jimmy was out walking by himself, which he did very often, in the countryside of Northumberland, and he heard this sound and he went over to hear where it was coming from and it was, as I say, Phillip Foreman playing the pipes.

Bryan served the Northumbrian Pipers' Society first as Treasurer, then as Vice-Chairman (1961–1964) and as Chairman (1964–1968), and, finally, at the end of his life, as President (2006–2009).

Bryan had a huge influence on pipemaking, co-authoring with William Cocks a detailed book,[3][4] on the instrument and its construction.

The figures in this book, based on historical examples, were drawn by Bryan.