[CR]Masi talk

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

To: rocklube@adnc.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
Subject: [CR]Masi talk
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:44:25 -0500

snipped: Brian Baylis <rocklube@adnc.com> writes: Speaking of Masis. I meant to comment on the "letter of authenticity" and the 1954 Masi Speciale track bike. I have to admit, I was a bit surprised by some of the responces from listmembers to Kurt Goodrich. To diminish the intent or the authenticity of the letter was clearly a bit premature considering no one asked about the circumstances by which it was obtained.>>>

bb-no one doubted curt's integrity or ability to judge an old masi. some listmembers, myself among them, questioned the literal translation of the 'letter'. my comment about it was that i could agree with it in spirit, but i think it meant that the frame was not so much made by f. masi as it meant 'made by the eponymous firm'. over there you hear alot of 'we do this', or 'ours are made this way', type of talk. even if the frame is 50+ years old, how can 'we' discern what it means when the letter says 'he' made the frame. did he miter the tubes? braze it? file the lugs and run the taps through? i think it was always a collaborative effort rather than a one-man sequence. i do not question a. masi's intent in penning the letter. i just interpret it to mean something other than 'f. masi <actually> built this here frame (by himself)'. e-RICHIE Richard Sachs Cycles No.9, North Main Street Chester, CT 06412 USA http://www.richardsachs.com Tel. 860.526.2059