NCNow-Dr.Grabow Pipes Video

[drumweezer]

Hello, all!
I thought I would share this video. NCNow, part of PBS, did a tour of Dr.Grabow's workshop. They also interviewed several employees.
https://youtu.be/sDV2JP0_onM

 

[jazz]

Nice vid. Thanks for sharing. It is good to see them still turning out pipes. It gives me hope :wink:

 

[mcitinner1]

Huh...32 employees. Down from 350 in the 1960's.

 

[prairiedruid]

Great video; loved the bit of history and the pride they take in their work.

 

[texmexpipe]

Thanks for posting!

 

[ray47]

Great video and great pipes, thanks for posting.

 

[ejames]

If any of you are going to be in or around Sparta on the 8th of this month you can tour the plant and meet some of those people. A group of guys from the DGCF will be there that day. I have made that tour three times and the guy in the blue shirt- Frank- was our tour guide for two of them. The last time the plant manager conducted the tour, as Frank had retired--but later came back to work.
It's good to see that they are still getting some attention. Thanks for sharing that video.

 

[ejames]

I got the date wrong for that Grabow tour-- it's on the 7th, 9AM.