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     translation: Delia Robinson (only for some pages but you will know it immediatly reading my translations)

 
Acknowledgements:

This web site was only possible due to the warm welcome found in the French museums especially:

  • the Museum of Berry in Bourges
  • the Museum of Normandy in Caen
  • the Archaeological museum of Ile de France in Nemours
  • the Museum of Beaux-Arts in Lille
  • the Alsatian Museum in Strasburg

Thanks to

  • the Museo Nationale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari in Rome (Italy)
  • the Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía (Spain)
  • the Kalundborg og Omegns Museum (Denmark)
  • the Hessisches Puppenmuseum in Hanau-Wilhelmsbad (Germany)
for the wonderful documentation on the subject they provided me.

Thanks to the researchers who helped me:

  • Tinaïg CLODORE for her invaluable information on the prehistoric whistles,
  • Alain COSTES of the GRECAM for his information on Midi-Pyrénées ceramics
Several collectors opened to me their doors and their friendship:
  • Delia Robinson, an irreplaceable American friend, artist, whistle maker and enthusiast.
  • Eleonore and Albert, from Germany, who shared their huge knowledge on the suject;
  • Rolf G. Mari, great German collector and searcher who opened his unbelievable documentation about the whistles to help me,
  • M. Marcel Poulet, specialist in ceramics in Puisaye
  • and other French collectors whose modesty prevent to name.
Many thanks to Lionel who cheered me on to create this site and guided me in my research;
to Sylvie, Gabrielle and Elodie who shared their aesthetic touch with this site.

Many potters shared their love for ceramics especially:

  • Mr. Gaget in La Borne
  • Mr. Sourdive in Cliousclat
  • Mr. Friedmann in Soufflenheim
  • Mr. Robin in Poët Laval
Thanks to antique dealers, admirers of these objects and their history, who have searched for and researched the old whistles of the French regions.