Member Lemuel Pitkin send me these photos to scan and upload to the site. They are from 1985 of the Capitello Factory and pipe shows in that year. I'll let him add more context.
1985 Photos of the Capitello Factory/Pipe Collectors Shows
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OK, this was a team effort getting these photos here...Al Jones was gracious enough to scan and post these here, and I'll give some IDs.
The first series of photos are of Enzo Galluzzo hard at work at the Capitello factory, north of Milan. Enzo's agent Corrado Ripamonti picked us up (Rich Lewis, Pete Siegel, me) and took us to the workshop for a tour, and then lunch (rabbit with olives). The photos may look a bit redundant, but I believe they show all the stages to manufacture except stamping and finishing. When I commented on being afraid of losing a finger in that circular, meat grinder cutter with the rotating blades, Corrado translated and Enzo held up a hand and showed me a missing finger. My favorite of these photos is the one of Rich taking the picture of Enzo.
The "red room" is Luigi Radice's den or living room. It's not included because it was the highlight of our visit to the Radice workshop, but because I had bought a new camera for the trip and, unbeknownst to me, either because of a defective camera or operator error (and Al will understand that comment) the only photos of our eleven day trip that turned out were the ones you see on this page. Doesn't add much to pipe-knowledge, but someone might find it of slight interest. Radice's workshop, by the way, was in his basement, where he worked with his two sons (one of whom was on his obligatory military service while we were there); I imagine that now it has moved out of the house.
The next batch of photos won't need anything other than names attached to them. They are from the Chicago RTDA show and the Schaumberg, Ill. collector's swap held immediately after the RTDA, put on by Frank Burla and Dennis DiPiazza. In those days the collector's shows were ALL private collectors, with no merchants or venders that I can recall. The only pipe makers in attendance would have been Rich Lewis and the American Pipe Company, I think.
Jeff Moran, Lane Limited rep.
Paul Porter, long time James B Russell rep and pipe collector
Joan and Rick Hacker
Bob Noble and Ed Lehman's stomach, famed pipe collectors
Robert Siegel, Deb Siegel (Pete's wife), Elizabeth Siegel (Pete's daughter). In those days Marble Arch had a smallish one-or two-booth set-up on the trade floor and a suite upstairs with the bulk of their goods. They were the importers of James Upshall, Radice, Ser Jacopo, Maestro dePaja, Il Ceppo, Capitello, Elephant & Castle tobacco, and handled Briar Pipe Wipe, a product that truly worked and I still miss, but that owner and manufacturer fled the pipe scene shortly after 1984/5
Dennis DiPiazza, etc
Loretta and Fred Janusek, maybe the most loved and influencial of pipe collectors
Rich Lewis/Pete Siegel, one in the Marble Arch suite and one at the pipe swap.
And that's all, folks.
The first series of photos are of Enzo Galluzzo hard at work at the Capitello factory, north of Milan. Enzo's agent Corrado Ripamonti picked us up (Rich Lewis, Pete Siegel, me) and took us to the workshop for a tour, and then lunch (rabbit with olives). The photos may look a bit redundant, but I believe they show all the stages to manufacture except stamping and finishing. When I commented on being afraid of losing a finger in that circular, meat grinder cutter with the rotating blades, Corrado translated and Enzo held up a hand and showed me a missing finger. My favorite of these photos is the one of Rich taking the picture of Enzo.
The "red room" is Luigi Radice's den or living room. It's not included because it was the highlight of our visit to the Radice workshop, but because I had bought a new camera for the trip and, unbeknownst to me, either because of a defective camera or operator error (and Al will understand that comment) the only photos of our eleven day trip that turned out were the ones you see on this page. Doesn't add much to pipe-knowledge, but someone might find it of slight interest. Radice's workshop, by the way, was in his basement, where he worked with his two sons (one of whom was on his obligatory military service while we were there); I imagine that now it has moved out of the house.
The next batch of photos won't need anything other than names attached to them. They are from the Chicago RTDA show and the Schaumberg, Ill. collector's swap held immediately after the RTDA, put on by Frank Burla and Dennis DiPiazza. In those days the collector's shows were ALL private collectors, with no merchants or venders that I can recall. The only pipe makers in attendance would have been Rich Lewis and the American Pipe Company, I think.
Jeff Moran, Lane Limited rep.
Paul Porter, long time James B Russell rep and pipe collector
Joan and Rick Hacker
Bob Noble and Ed Lehman's stomach, famed pipe collectors
Robert Siegel, Deb Siegel (Pete's wife), Elizabeth Siegel (Pete's daughter). In those days Marble Arch had a smallish one-or two-booth set-up on the trade floor and a suite upstairs with the bulk of their goods. They were the importers of James Upshall, Radice, Ser Jacopo, Maestro dePaja, Il Ceppo, Capitello, Elephant & Castle tobacco, and handled Briar Pipe Wipe, a product that truly worked and I still miss, but that owner and manufacturer fled the pipe scene shortly after 1984/5
Dennis DiPiazza, etc
Loretta and Fred Janusek, maybe the most loved and influencial of pipe collectors
Rich Lewis/Pete Siegel, one in the Marble Arch suite and one at the pipe swap.
And that's all, folks.
Good Stuff! Thanks, Fred can’t see the pictures anymore but I shared the pictures with Loretta. RIP Rich Lewis
Scanning them, I wondered where all those pipes are today.
