Bing Crosby Pipe and Hat in Carmel, Indiana

[huntertrw]

Friends of mine who live in Carmel, Indiana (dubbed the Hollywood of the Midwest) tipped me (a true Bing Crosby admirer) to the fact that The Palladium there has in its Great American Songbook Foundation Archives collection one of Bing Crosby's pipes and one of his hats:



The pipe appears to be a Sasieni Two-Dog lumberman.

Both the pipe and the hat were gifted to The Palladium's Artistic Director, Michael Feinstein, by the Crosby family some 15-years ago.

 

[captainsousie]

That's pretty cool!

I'll also be "that guy" and say that the pipe looks to me like a Pipe by Lee 2 star.

 

[telescopes]

That's pretty cool!

I'll also be "that guy" and say that the pipe looks to like a Pipe by Lee 2 star.

Ha, ha. Yup... She sure as hell is. Second Generation at that. Good catch.

 

[telescopes]

Oh my. The last thing we need now is @Briar Lee ruminating on how Bing Crosby smoked Pipes by Lee. But the real question is, "Why did he get the $5.00 pipe when he clearly was wealthy enough to have bought a 5 star Lee for $25.00"

 

[huntertrw]

Mr. Crosby could, indeed, have smoked whatever pipes he chose; however, he wasn't one to showboat high-end brands. He liked what he liked (e.g., the Merchant Service Special which was not by any measure high-end) in pipes and simply enjoyed them.

 

[jguss]

The pipe appears to be a Sasieni Two-Dog lumberman

I’ve heard of putting on the dog but that’s just showing off.

 

[mortonbriar]

Wait, who was Bing's lawyer?

 

[romaso]

I remember reading that he sent nice pipes to soldiers who wrote him during WW2

 

[BingBong]

Friends of mine who live in Carmel, Indiana (dubbed the Hollywood of the Midwest) tipped me (a true Bing Crosby admirer) to the fact that The Palladium there has in its Great American Songbook Foundation Archives collection one of Bing Crosby's pipes and one of his hats:

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The pipe appears to be a Sasieni Two-Dog lumberman.

Both the pipe and the hat were gifted to The Palladium's Artistic Director, Michael Feinstein, by the Crosby family some 15-years ago.

Was this Michael Feinstein a pianist at some point in the past? Someone of that name opened for Liza Minnelli on my last tour in 1987, might be the same guy.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Super cool. Would be amazing to see in person, along with Tolkien's pipe, or Cary Grant, Mark Twain. I could go on and on.

 

[dd57chevy]

I know it would be considered a novelty song , but it always picks me up :

 

[huntertrw]

Wait, who was Bing's lawyer?

John O'Melveney (1894 - 1984). He and Briar Lee are NOT one and the same!

 

[huntertrw]

Was this Michael Feinstein a pianist at some point in the past?

Yes.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Was this Michael Feinstein a pianist at some point in the past? Someone of that name opened for Liza Minnelli on my last tour in 1987, might be the same guy.

Still is.

 

[huntertrw]

The pipe appears to be a Sasieni Two-Dog lumberman.

Hummmm. Someone has rearranged the beys on my beybaord!

 

[huntertrw]

The city of Carmel purportedly pays Mr. Feinstein $1 million annually for his services.

 

[Hillcrest]

https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/bing-crosby-singer-actor-pipe-smoker

https://pipedia.org/images/4/4a/PipeLovers-Jul1946-smallerfile.pdf