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[[File:SpanuClairmont11.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:TomSpanu15.jpg|thumb|left|Tom Spanu]][[file:Tomspanu1.jpg|thumb|Smooth Cherrywood with Horn Cap, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[file:Tomspanu2.jpg|thumb|Smooth Bent Pot, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[file:Tomspanu3.jpg|thumb|Rusticated Yachtsman, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]]11In 1963 Tommaso Spanu left his home in Sardinia and wandered to Northern Italy to become a pipemaker. His uncle had managed an apprenticeship for him in Gavirate, in the province of Varese, with it's many pipe manufactures. His exceptional talent soon attracted the attention of '''Alberto Paronelli''' (→ [[Paronelli]]), the grand seigneur of Italian pipe business. Paronelli, a famed pipe designer himself, arranged that the best pipe craftsmen schooled his young fosterling and personally taught him in pipe design and styles. Soon Spanu reached a remarkable level of skills and began to work on the '''Clairmont''' pipes, a high-grade brand produced for and distributed by Paronelli. A little later the bulk of the Clairmonts was made by Spanu who was even allowed to stamp them with his own name additionally. | [[File:SpanuClairmont11.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:TomSpanu15.jpg|thumb|left|Tom Spanu]][[file:Tomspanu1.jpg|thumb|Smooth Cherrywood with Horn Cap, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[file:Tomspanu2.jpg|thumb|Smooth Bent Pot, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[file:Tomspanu3.jpg|thumb|Rusticated Yachtsman, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]]11In 1963 Tommaso Spanu left his home in Sardinia and wandered to Northern Italy to become a pipemaker. His uncle had managed an apprenticeship for him in Gavirate, in the province of Varese, with it's many pipe manufactures. His exceptional talent soon attracted the attention of '''Alberto Paronelli''' (→ [[Paronelli]]), the grand seigneur of Italian pipe business. Paronelli, a famed pipe designer himself, arranged that the best pipe craftsmen schooled his young fosterling and personally taught him in pipe design and styles. Soon Spanu reached a remarkable level of skills and began to work on the '''Clairmont''' pipes, a high-grade brand produced for and distributed by Paronelli. A little later the bulk of the Clairmonts was made by Spanu who was even allowed to stamp them with his own name additionally. | ||
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<gallery widths | <gallery widths=200px caption="Two more examples and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
File:SpanuClairmont01.jpg | File:SpanuClairmont01.jpg | ||
File:SpanuClairmont07.jpg | File:SpanuClairmont07.jpg | ||
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The Sugheros are comparatively light-weighted and to feel the texture of the cork is just wonderful! | The Sugheros are comparatively light-weighted and to feel the texture of the cork is just wonderful! | ||
[[File:Lepipe wide Generic.jpg|thumb|460px|center|'''Spanu pipes are available at Pipedia underwriter, [http://www.lepipe.it/en/pipedia.asp?utm_source=pipedia&=utm_medium=pipedia&=utm_campaign=pipedia lepipe.it]''']]]] | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Italy]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Italy]] | ||