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'''Update:''' We are sad to report that it has come to our attention that Tommaso Spanu passed from this World in the Fall of 2015 to join the many great Italian pipe makers that came before him. Our hope is that Tommoso's sons and brother will continue the Spanu pipe making tradition. We can also enjoy the legacy he leaves in the many pipes he has made over the years. | '''Update:''' We are sad to report that it has come to our attention that Tommaso Spanu passed from this World in the Fall of 2015 to join the many great Italian pipe makers that came before him. Our hope is that Tommoso's sons and brother will continue the Spanu pipe making tradition. We can also enjoy the legacy he leaves in the many pipes he has made over the years. | ||
[[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. | ||