Une Bang hors de l'ordinaire!

Time for an interlude - the Löfberg Pipes!
As insinuated above, Svend Bang himself never was nor became a good pipemaker. However that did not prevent that he occasionally tried it. Ca. around 1976/77 he got really serious about it. It’s conceivable that Hansen and Noltensmeier lended their boss a helping hand in his efforts to create pipes but as well they seriously dissuaded to offer these pipes as original S. Bang Pipes due to the minor quality.

Svend Bang wasn’t to be discouraged so easily and approached his German distributor Otto & Kopp with a suitcase full of sample pipes he presented to Bernd Kopp, at that time managing director. These pipes had been named Löfberg - the girl’s name of Bang’s wife. Well, Mr. Kopp was not convinced either - particularly of the pipes’ quality – and clearly stated his opinion that Bang would not do a favor neither to himself nor to the original Bang pipes offering them. - Thereupon Svend Bang went off empty-handed and deeply insulted - simply leaving behind the Löfberg pipes in Mr. Kopp’s bureau…

Almost forgotten the Löfberg pipes gathered dust in the warehouse of Otto & Kopp for approximately 28 years. Until Oliver Kopp showed them in 2005 to Volker Bier, engaged tobacconist, inspired pipemaker and founder of the Lohmar Pipe Show, who was in search of something special to offer to his customers. When Bier presented these pipes to the public, some well-known "pipe experts" felt called to cast doubt on the authenticity of these pipes at the top of their voices. The “arguments” and “evidences“ these gents cited are hardly to surpass for their absurdity. Obviously they found the idea intolerable, that there might be pipes that had remained unknown to them. Therewith not enough - Volker Bier had to fend off vilest personal defamation. Thankfully he was saved by Oliver Kopp and Hansen & Noltensmeier who confirmed the origin of the pipes and their authenticity: Löfberg pipes are real Bang pipes – made by Svend Bang in person!

Chris a écrit:Je n'osais pas conclure comme toi Cyl, car effectivement cela soulève pas mal de questions !
Ce peut-il que cela soit une S. Bang réalisée par Svend Bang mais qu'il n'aurait pas estampillé ? Toutes les suppositions sont possibles...

Pourquoi ne pas demander directement aux 'S.Bang Brothers' ?