| SURNAME | Piper |
| FIRST NAME(s) | William |
| DOB / DOD | 1948 – Present |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Bromwich |
| YEARS ACTIVE | 1965 – Present |
| WORKING LOCATIONS | Birmingham, Halesowen, Hanbury, Wolverhampton |
| NOTES / BIO | William Piper began his career in 1965 as an apprentice in Sydney Evans´ Birmingham workshop. He went on to set up his own workshop, firstly in Birmingham and then at the Jinney Ring Craft Centre in the West Midlands. Said to have made over 700 instruments. |
INSTRUMENTS
| TYPE | Viola |
| DATE | c.2010 |
| INFO | Made or finished in the workshop of William Piper, Hanbury, Worcestershire. Labelled: Manufactured at The Victorian Violin Company, Jinney Ring. Hanbury, Worcestershire. The exact situation surrounding production at the Jinney Ring workshop is not entirely clear. |
| MEASUREMENTS | TBC |
| PROVENANCE | This instrument is similar stylistically to many other instruments that are known to have come out of the Jinney Ring workshop. |
