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'''Note:''' Per Per Hansen and Ulf Noltensmeier, who have worked together for the past 50 years making S.Bang pipes have recently announced their retirement. There are no plans for the continuation of this remarkable brand of wonderfully made pipes. For additional information see [https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/bang-pipes-the-end-era?fbclid=IwAR10SE4LORVLFg9JExOxWvF12OToi3ZBKb4GFWIxXfM8CZ4viU4fCondcPg S. Bang Pipes: The End of an Era], written November 8, 2019 by Chuck Stanion for the Smokingpipes.com blog. | |||
[[Image:Bang Pipe01.jpg|left|thumb]] | [[Image:Bang Pipe01.jpg|left|thumb]] | ||
[[Image:Bang Pipe02.jpg|right|thumb]] | [[Image:Bang Pipe02.jpg|right|thumb]] | ||
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Going for this goal Bang began to hire pipemakers. (He himself made several attempts to make pipes, but his talents evidently did lie in business and not in pipe carving! More later.) | Going for this goal Bang began to hire pipemakers. (He himself made several attempts to make pipes, but his talents evidently did lie in business and not in pipe carving! More later.) | ||
The very first was '''[[Peter Rafn]]''', whose career at Svend Bang's however lasted for hardly six months. He was followed by '''[[Ivan Holst Nielsen]]''', '''[[ | The very first was '''[[Peter Rafn]]''', whose career at Svend Bang's however lasted for hardly six months. He was followed by '''[[Ivan Holst Nielsen]]''', '''Jan [[Windelov]]''' and '''[[Ph. Vigen]]'''. Also mentioned but not confirmed are '''[[Ib Olson]]''', '''[[M. Thorhauer]]''' and others more. Like Rafn most of them came from '''[[Erik Nørding]]''', stayed for strikingly short periods only and went off again. Does this indicate that it wasn't really easy to be on good terms with the boss? | ||
[[Image:Bang Per Hansen.jpg|left|thumb|Per Hansen]] | [[Image:Bang Per Hansen.jpg|left|thumb|Per Hansen]] | ||
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The S. Bang workshop is almost invisible in the bustling city of Copenhagen. A more elaborate storefront is not required, because S. Bang pipes are not sold in Denmark. | The S. Bang workshop is almost invisible in the bustling city of Copenhagen. A more elaborate storefront is not required, because S. Bang pipes are not sold in Denmark. | ||
'''Former Contact Information:''' ''(Not sure how long now that they have announced their retirement)'' | |||
'''Bang's Pibemageri''' | '''Bang's Pibemageri''' | ||
Per Hansen & Ulf Noltensmeier | Per Hansen & Ulf Noltensmeier | ||
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Nashville, TN 37275, | Nashville, TN 37275, | ||
Phone: 615.292.9576. | Phone: 615.292.9576. | ||
'''Pipes Available from:''' | |||
'''[http://www.lepipe.it/en/Pipes-Bang lepipe.it]''' | |||
The above is based on an article used with kind permission from [http://www.danishpipemakers.com/ Danish Pipemakers]. Images also courtesy of Lars Kiel. | The above is based on an article used with kind permission from [http://www.danishpipemakers.com/ Danish Pipemakers]. Images also courtesy of Lars Kiel. | ||