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== History ==
"'''Pipa Castello'''" was born in 1947 in the artisan workshop of '''Carlo Scotti''' in Via Fossano, in Cantù, with the target to produce pipes which could be placed at the very top of quality and perfection from both the technical and aesthetical side.
"'''Pipa Castello'''" was born in 1947 in the artisan workshop of '''Carlo Scotti''' in Via Fossano, in Cantù, with the target to produce pipes which could be placed at the very top of quality and perfection from both the technical and aesthetical side.


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To discover and to know deeply our world, you are invited to surf through the pages of our official website.
To discover and to know deeply our world, you are invited to surf through the pages of our official website.


== Contact Inforamtion ==
  Website: [http://www.pipacastello.net/pages_eng/index2.htm '''Pipa Castello''']
  Website: [http://www.pipacastello.net/pages_eng/index2.htm '''Pipa Castello''']
  Via Fossano 44
  Via Fossano 44
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  Email: mailto:info@pipacastello.com
  Email: mailto:info@pipacastello.com


'''Castello's Tradition of Excellence, by Rick Newcombe'''
== Castello's Tradition of Excellence ==
'''An article by Rick Newcombe'''


''This article was originally published in February 2005 in The Pipe Collector, the North American Society of Pipe Collectors ([http://www.naspc.org/ NASPC]) newsletter, and is used by permision. Consider joining. It's a great orginazation.''
''This article was originally published in February 2005 in The Pipe Collector, the North American Society of Pipe Collectors ([http://www.naspc.org/ NASPC]) newsletter, and is used by permision. Consider joining. It's a great orginazation.''
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''This article was originally published in February 2005 in The Pipe Collector, the North American Society of Pipe Collectors ([http://www.naspc.org/ NASPC]) newsletter, and is used by permision. Consider joining. It's a great orginazation.''
''This article was originally published in February 2005 in The Pipe Collector, the North American Society of Pipe Collectors ([http://www.naspc.org/ NASPC]) newsletter, and is used by permision. Consider joining. It's a great orginazation.''
== Dating Castellos ==
Robert C. Hamlin has written an excellent but somewhat dated article on dating Castellos, with additional information on grading and style called the [http://www.pipeguy.com/cas_guide.htm PCCA's Castello Grade and Style Guide]