Aleksander Maaker ( in Muda,

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa ( , ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

– 28 January 1968), nicknamed ''Torupilli-Sass'' was a folk musician, a player of the traditional ''

torupill The torupill () is a traditional bagpipes, bagpipe from Estonia. Place in Estonian folk music It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia. The instrument was known throughout Estonia. The bagpipe tradition was longest preser ...

'', the Estonian

bagpipe Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...

. Maaker was from the Estonian island of

. At the time of his death, the only other torupill player was the revivalist Olev Roomet, 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 Juhan Maaker ( – 21 September 1930) nicknamed ''Torupilli-Juss'' was an Estonian folk musician, a player of the Estonian bagpipe. He was considered one of the most popular players at the time called the king of bagpipe players. During his lif ...

(1845–1930) (''Torupilli-Juss'') one of the most popular folk musicians in Estonia called the "king of bagpipe players" at the time.

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1890 births 1968 deaths People from Hiiumaa Parish People from Kreis Wiek 20th-century Estonian musicians Torupill players {{Estonia-musician-stub