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Preface to WIM-db
Tribute to Langwill and his Index
Expanding on the seminal work of Lyndesay Langwill and others, William Waterhouse wrote in his 1993 New Index of Wind-Instrument Makers that someday his Index would be available as a searchable database. WIMdb.org now fulfills that dream and extends the resource to researchers, collectors, curators, musicians, and all interested in historic wind instruments and their makers.
The WIMdb emerged as an online resource in January, 2025. It is and forever will be a work in progress, both in the completeness and accuracy of its content and in the capabilities of this web-based application. MIRCat hopes you will enjoy it all, and help us continue to refine the WIMdb in its continuing evolution. Write to us using the contact link at the bottom of this page.