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The Confrérie des maitres-pipiers (brotherhood of the master pipe makers) is a registered association with the goal to be an “Ambassador of the important pipe industry of Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura”. It was created in 1966 at the instigation of [[Edgar Faure]] who was then elected “Premier Fumeur de pipe de l'année” (First Pipe Smoker of the Year). Two meetings are held in the Chapter room of the Pipe and Diamond Museum of Saint-Claude each year. One of them elects the “Premier Fumeur de pipe de l'année” chosen by his peers for his passion for pipes. The chosen one receives as a distinction a pipe in his effigy made by the master pipe maker [[Paul Lanier]] (best worker in France 1991 for pipe sculpture). Among more than 1000 initiates you will find: Jean Richard, Jacques Faizant, Bernard Blier, Michel Drucker, Jean Poiret, Nino Ferrer, Jacques Audiard, Dominique Strauss-Kahn etc. The brotherhood was chaired until April 2018 by [[Michel Waille]].<ref>https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confr%C3%A9rie_des_ma%C3%AEtres-pipiers</ref>