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Ok, I've been trying to figure this out for a little bit, but who(/what) is
WIBB? Also, what is a Lot--I've decided it must be some flute manufacturer,
but thats just a guess. Also, thanks for the info. on open holed piccs.
That's really cool, I want to try one.

On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 JillPiccol@... wrote:

From: JillPiccol@...

Ok, I've been trying to figure this out for a little bit, but who(/what) is
WIBB? Also, what is a Lot--I've decided it must be some flute manufacturer,
but thats just a guess. Also, thanks for the info. on open holed piccs.
That's really cool, I want to try one.

Hello Jill (you are Jilly??) - First off there are no silly
questions. Some of us oldtimers get to going and forget others may not
have been around long enough to pick up on some things. WIBB is William
Bennett. It is what he prefers to be called, the name comes from his
initials. He is a wonderful player and teacher. He is my mentor and is
highly respected in the flute world. Wibb plays old French flutes, as do
several others of us. You are correct about Lot. He was one of the
leading makers of French flutes from the 1850s into the early 20th century.
They are no longer made. Other names of flute makers in France durning
this era you may see from time to time are: Bonneville, Lebret, Rive, and
Barbier.
Keep the questions coming!!! How are you going to know if you
don't ask.
Cheers!!
Papa Smurf

Don't worry, Jill. I had to ask the same question once. I always knew
him as William Bennett from my college days :-)I never KNEW him, knew
him. This is just from an educational point of view.

--
Karen Stafford
"It's OK; I'm with the band"
-Stafford's Music Madness Site
Contributing Editor on Flutes, Suite
101:

Dear Jill,

I seem always to be the cause of this obvious question..who is WIBB?
Sorry...but I suppose if I said Jimmy..you might guess it was James Galway..
wheras i suppose it doesn't feally give so much of a clue!!

Well he has always been WIBB..to his best friends..of which I am one of
THE best...and to everyone-----including his wife, Michie.

When he was 7 years old he got sent away to boarding school...cruel lot
the British...and his Mum wrote his initials on everything..William Ingham
Brooke Bennett...hence W.I.B.B.

Someone called him MR. Bennett at this year's classes and he said.."No I
am WIBB..you must all call me WIBB"....and the person then said "Excuse me
Mr.WIBB"...........

And Jill there is no such thing as a silly question...only a silly answer!!
You ask away...you might get the odd FUNNY answer..especially from me and
a few others, but we respect young folk and innocence and lack of knowledge..
cos we have all been there. You wait till young Wendy gets back online..
she asked some gems..and we all loved her for it..and still do.

Adrian
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