Wilton, Noah and the Louisiana Six Orchestra
Wilton
Hebert
1906
– 1997
Wilton
Hebert came from a family of farmers and musicians. Starting out as a young man Wilton took up
woodwind instruments, mastering clarinet and saxophone, eventually performing
professionally with other family members in the Louisiana Six orchestra. In 1925 Wilton Hebert studied the Nyles Bryant Piano Tuning & Service Course. Following an apprenticeship at Werleins Music Store in New Orleans, Louisiana he began a
piano servicing career that spanned over 60 years. Wilton also trained his brother Noah, two
sons and several grandsons.
Noah
Hebert
1911
– 1987
Noah
Hebert was the pianist in the original Louisiana Six band (shown here with his
wife Louise). As his family grew he took up piano technology with
his brother Wilton. Noah tuned pianos across southern Louisiana from Lake
Charles to New Orleans. Noah taught his son Jerry Hebert and a grandson
piano technology.
The Louisiana Six Orchestra
The
Louisiana Six toured across the
deep south through the 20's and 30's, eventually enlarging to become Cap Hebert
and His Louisianians Orchestra.
After
WW II, and with growing families to feed, the members of the orchestra settled
down to more stable careers. Older brother and trumpeter Cap Hebert
became an electronics technician. Wilton and his brother Noah took up
piano service with Wilton working in the Lafayette and New Iberia area and Noah
servicing in more far-flung territories from Lake Charles to New Orleans.
Music
continued to be an important part of the lives of all of the Heberts as long as they
could hold up their instruments and Wilton tuned and serviced pianos almost
into his 90's.
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