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===Savinelli History=== | ===Savinelli History=== | ||
[[File:Savinellis shop Milan.jpg|thumb|Savinelli shop, Milan, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]In 1876 Achille Savinelli Sr. opened one of the first pipe shops in the world exclusively selling smoking accessories and pipes in the city centre of Milan. His two brothers followed him soon afterwards with a similar shop in Genoa. Both shops were successful and were quickly known because of their good quality and perfect service. In 1920 Carlo Savinelli, son of Achille Savinelli I, ran the shop after him. He began to collaborate with some craftsmen in the Varese province, north of Milan, putting to market the first pipes branded as Savinelli. | [[File:Achille Savinelli Jr.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Achille Savinelli Jr., courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Savinellis shop Milan.jpg|thumb|Savinelli shop, Milan, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]In 1876 Achille Savinelli Sr. opened one of the first pipe shops in the world exclusively selling smoking accessories and pipes in the city centre of Milan. His two brothers followed him soon afterwards with a similar shop in Genoa. Both shops were successful and were quickly known because of their good quality and perfect service. In 1920 Carlo Savinelli, son of Achille Savinelli I, ran the shop after him. He began to collaborate with some craftsmen in the Varese province, north of Milan, putting to market the first pipes branded as Savinelli. | ||
The real Savinelli production began with Carlo’s son, Achille Savinelli Jr. He decided to leave his father’s shop and started to produce his own pipes. After the Second World-War, in 1948, Achille Jr. founded a new factory, employing about fifteen workers by 1950. The factory was based in Molina di Barasso,in the Varese province. The products were put on market under the name of Savinelli, that was adopted as its mark. | The real Savinelli production began with Carlo’s son, Achille Savinelli Jr. He decided to leave his father’s shop and started to produce his own pipes. After the Second World-War, in 1948, Achille Jr. founded a new factory, employing about fifteen workers by 1950. The factory was based in Molina di Barasso,in the Varese province. The products were put on market under the name of Savinelli, that was adopted as its mark. | ||
Savinelli pipes rapidly began gaining prestige in markets all over the world and production greatly grew in the fifties and sixties. At present, about fifty employees work in the factory, producing almost a thousand pipes per day. With this production Savinelli is one the biggest pipe factories in the world. Nowadays the factory is owned by Giancarlo Savinelli, son of Achille Jr. | Savinelli pipes rapidly began gaining prestige in markets all over the world and production greatly grew in the fifties and sixties. At present, about fifty employees work in the factory, producing almost a thousand pipes per day. With this production Savinelli is one the biggest pipe factories in the world. Nowadays the factory is owned by Giancarlo Savinelli, son of Achille Jr. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=250px caption="Achille Jr. and Giancarlo, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:ACHILLE SAVINELLI-Jr.jpg|Achille Savinelli Jr. | |||
File:Giancarlo Savinelli.jpg|Giancarlo Savinelli | |||
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===Characteristics=== | ===Characteristics=== | ||