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[[Image:Wenhallus_06.jpg|right|thumb|<font size="1">Wenhall (USA)</font>]] | [[Image:Wenhallus_06.jpg|right|thumb|<font size="1">Wenhall (USA)</font>]][[Image:Wenhalldk_06.jpg|thumb|Wenhall (DK)]] | ||
By the end of the 1970's Wenhall approached '''Michael [[Kabik]]''' and '''Glen [[Hedelson]]''', at that time operating from a farm house in Glen Rock, Maryland to create a line of freehands called '''Wenhall'''. The situation was favorable, because Kabik & Hedelson had ended their cooperation with Mel Baker of Tobak Ltd. to produce the famed '''Sven-Lar''' freehands shortly before. | By the end of the 1970's Wenhall approached '''Michael [[Kabik]]''' and '''Glen [[Hedelson]]''', at that time operating from a farm house in Glen Rock, Maryland to create a line of freehands called '''Wenhall'''. The situation was favorable, because Kabik & Hedelson had ended their cooperation with Mel Baker of Tobak Ltd. to produce the famed '''Sven-Lar''' freehands shortly before. | ||
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Presumptively for a shorter period only Wenhall had pipes made in Denmark by '''[[Karl Erik]]'''. (BTW K.E. Ottendahl ceased all sales to the USA in 1987.) | Presumptively for a shorter period only Wenhall had pipes made in Denmark by '''[[Karl Erik]]'''. (BTW K.E. Ottendahl ceased all sales to the USA in 1987.) | ||
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[[Image:Wenhallit_sabatini.jpg|thumb|Wenhall "Sabatini" (I)]][[Image:Wenhallit_sabatini2.jpg|right|thumb|Wenhall "Sabatini" (I)]] | |||
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="Sabatini Example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
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Wenhall also distributed pipes from Italy. By unconfirmed information '''[[Gigi]]''' and '''[[Cesare Barontini]]''' were mentioned as suppliers. | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: United States]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: United States]] | ||