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==== About Set - Pipe Cases ==== <!--T: | ==== About Set - Pipe Cases ==== <!--T:50--> | ||
The first setup (left) contains 7 pieces for the weekly relay, where the days of the week related to each pipe are graphed, and others cases, including the "Book-Case " (with values practiced in the decade of 20). | The first setup (left) contains 7 pieces for the weekly relay, where the days of the week related to each pipe are graphed, and others cases, including the "Book-Case " (with values practiced in the decade of 20). | ||
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File:Yangset3.jpg|© Yang - pics by Naddeo. | File:Yangset3.jpg|© Yang - pics by Naddeo. | ||
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==== About Shapes ==== <!--T:51--> | |||
The model of codes and acronyms was introduced in the beginning of the decade of 1920 and remains until today, however, modifications have occurred over time. | |||
We had the opportunity to talk to the product line director - The White Spot division (the Dunhill pipe segment), Mr. Hener, who kindly brought in the light of clarification some issues that we intend to expose here. | |||
The original skus/model numbers from the 1920’s until the early 1970’s stood for very specific shapes and bowls. For example, the codes 31, 34, 59, 111, 113, 117, 196, LB, LBS... were all different types of Billiard shaped pipes and there were about 50(!), such codes for the Billiard shape alone. | |||
[[file:Tanshellyang.jpg|thumb||right|Tanshell - 1952]] | |||
The first image with the shape number 577 falls into this system, so 577 has no special meaning apart from describing / being the model for that particular pipe shape (in this case a specific group 2 Billiard with saddle mouthpiece). Around 1973, with the introduction of computers, new categorisations were introduced that actually had a meaning in terms of size, mouthpiece and shape. As for the “T”, in 1952 a full-size “T” was added after the circled group size stamp to further describe the Tanshell finish (in 1953 the “T” was reduced to about half the size). So your pipe dates from 1952. | |||
A 3-digit system (“Interim”) was developed that showed a first logical approach to identify pipes in terms of size, mouthpiece and shape, with the 1st digit being the size, the 2nd digit the mouthpiece and the 3rd digit the shape, i.e. the old “85” became a “321” which was a group 3 Apple with taper mouthpiece. This was soon to be replaced by a more detailed, formal 4- and 5-digit system around 1978. | |||
The 5th digit indicated the style of bowl within the group of a similar classification, each identified by a last digit which could be any number between 1-9. | |||
While e.g. within the Gp.4 Billiard there were 5 different styles of bowls (5th digit being either 1,2,3,4, or 9), for a Gp.1 Billiard there were only 3 styles used (5th digit being 1, 2, or 9). | |||
Although the 5-digit code was stamped on the pipe and thus was visible to the consumer, it was mostly of relevance for internal production planning purposes and, to a lesser extent, our retail staff, but proved to be quite complex. | |||
The elimination of the 5th digit on the pipes (probably in the early 80’s) resulted in better management of our pipe stock as there were less skus and it also facilitated the work for our sales staff in the retail shops as the complexity and number of skus was considerably reduced. | |||
The current system with 4 digits visible is now in place for over 30 years and has proven to work very well to Dunhill, the trade and consumers. | |||
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