Re: [CR] Georg Fischer BB shell [was: Same old ID or
datemyMasi]dan.kehew@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [CR] Georg Fischer BB shell [was: Same old ID or
datemyMasi]dan.kehew@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:58:14 -0700
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From: Mark Bulgier
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Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:41 AM
Subject: RE: [CR] Georg Fischer BB shell [was: Same old ID or
datemyMasi]dan.kehew@gmail.com
Mark asked:
> I know Cinelli used Fischer BB shells in the late 60s, then later used
> microfusione shells (smooth lost-wax castings) of their own brand
> starting in the late 70s.
I imported +GF+ from Cinelli beginning in 1961.
Was there a period when they used rough sand
> castings of their own?
No.
Did they have a Cinelli logo cast in?
No.
could
> it be the rough ones from Cinelli were Fischer?
All the +GF+ I ever saw or worked with were very rough and took me a LOT of
work to make them nice.