Aleksander Maaker (20 October [O.S. 8 October] 1890 in Muda, Hiiumaa – 28 January 1968),[1] nicknamed Torupilli-Sass[2] was a folk musician, a player of the traditional torupill, the Estonian bagpipe.[3] Maaker was from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. At the time of his death, the only other torupill player was the revivalist Olev Roomet,[4] at the time a choir member, though other revivalist such as Ants Taul took up the instrument and its construction beginning in the 1970s.
Aleksander Maaker learned bagpipe playing from his uncle Juhan Maaker (1845–1930) (Torupilli-Juss)[2] one of the most popular folk musicians in Estonia called the "king of bagpipe players" at the time.[5]
^"Sünnipäevad: 20. OKTOOBER" (in Estonian). tele2.ee. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
^ abHelen Kõmmus (20 November 2007). "Särtsakaid lugusid Hiiumaa kroonimata peast Juhan Maakerist" (in Estonian). noored.hiiumaa.ee. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
^Säckpipan i Norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg. Musikmuseet. 1990. p. 243.
^Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Musée instrumental (1976). Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments bulletin. F. Knuf. p. 53.
^cätlin jaago (February 2005). "bagpipe "One goose makes two sounds."". Estonian Institute. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
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