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For the 1982 award, BBC Radio DJ Dave Lee Travis was hailed Pipe Smoker of the Year, and Dunhill was commissioned to make a special, radio-themed smoker. As such, 50 of these Microphone pipes were made in 1981 and presented in '82 as a limited edition, exclusive series in honor of Travis. Stamped 1 through 50, the #1 piece was put on display in the Alfred Dunhill Museum in London while the #2 pipe was given to Travis personally. The pipe you see before you today is that #2 piece.<br><br>Remaining unsmoked throughout the years, Travis's Microphone pipe eventually found its way into the hands of Pipe-Dan, as Dave Lee was a frequent customer of the shop. It was through Pipe-Dan, then, that renowned Danish carver Manduela Riger-Kusk came to know Travis and acquired this piece during her time at Pipe-Dan in 1990 before the shop closed in 1991.</q> By Truett Smith - [https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/england/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=270164&fbclid=IwAR2ejixYnQ_qAkCRxGyg1izfTsxiAmORz9cGXfKQh-JgllWRAs3tRkgLlFE Smokingpipes.] | For the 1982 award, BBC Radio DJ Dave Lee Travis was hailed Pipe Smoker of the Year, and Dunhill was commissioned to make a special, radio-themed smoker. As such, 50 of these Microphone pipes were made in 1981 and presented in '82 as a limited edition, exclusive series in honor of Travis. Stamped 1 through 50, the #1 piece was put on display in the Alfred Dunhill Museum in London while the #2 pipe was given to Travis personally. The pipe you see before you today is that #2 piece.<br><br>Remaining unsmoked throughout the years, Travis's Microphone pipe eventually found its way into the hands of Pipe-Dan, as Dave Lee was a frequent customer of the shop. It was through Pipe-Dan, then, that renowned Danish carver Manduela Riger-Kusk came to know Travis and acquired this piece during her time at Pipe-Dan in 1990 before the shop closed in 1991.</q> By Truett Smith - [https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/england/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=270164&fbclid=IwAR2ejixYnQ_qAkCRxGyg1izfTsxiAmORz9cGXfKQh-JgllWRAs3tRkgLlFE Smokingpipes.] | ||
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A limited series, launched in the 90's to commemorate the true classics of Alfred Dunhill's history since his first pipes worked at the Mason's Yard workshop in the 1910. | A limited series, launched in the 90's to commemorate the true classics of Alfred Dunhill's history since his first pipes worked at the Mason's Yard workshop in the 1910. | ||
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File:IMG 20190302 135834 729.jpg|©53 F/T, A (3) Bent — Bruyère, Limited Nº: 1689. (1991). | File:IMG 20190302 135834 729.jpg|©53 F/T, A (3) Bent — Bruyère, Limited Nº: 1689. (1991). | ||