Updated 20th August 2001

A short history and background to David Naill and Co

David Naill and Co was founded in 1977 by Leslie Cowell. Formally apprenticed to H. Starck of London. It was not long before the Naill chanter was winning prizes at the highest level, demand was growing very fast, and Leslie was joined in 1980 by his son Martin. Over the last twenty three years, and using the experience gained whilst in the employment of such firms as Boosey and Hawkes, and Ruddall Carte etc. D Naill and Co have made every effort to modernise the way in which bagpipes, and Chanters are made.Consistency in production when one is dealing with higher levels of output require up to date methods. Over the years David Naill and Co has grown, and we now employ fourteen staff with varied skills,from silver smiths to hand engravers, engineers to the best hand turners our policy at David Naill and company is to produce everything "in house" so as to ensure the very finest quality craftmanship. Our polypenco chanters,now included with many of our sets are all guarenteed made in house, Our silver work is also produced in house. Everything from the cheapest starter practice chanter to the most expensive set of bagpipes are produced within our workshops.

Our policy is NOT to farm work out to engineering companies with little or no experience of musical instrument making as so often is the case.This ensures that the customer gets what they want a genuine D Naill and Company product, and not some standardised item simply stamped with a makers name. With this in mind I would ask you to join me in a short tour of our company.

David Naill & Co
29 Brunel Way, Mart Road Industrial Estate, Minehead, Somerset. TA24 5BY.
Tel: (01643) 707629 8am - 5pm GMT. Fax (01643) 706858

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