Used Officine Gullo applilances?
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Comments (28)rococogurl, Thanx for the suggestion of Miele. We have two Miele dishwashers, and I absolutely love them. The Miele and our Subzero are the best appliances I've *ever* purchased. But I have my hopes set on something other than stainless steel. I'm waffling on the Viking. It doesn't make sense to spend that kind of money for "pretty" when it doesn't meet my functional requirements. gooster, I will call Purcell Murray tomorrow. I am simply drooling over both the La Cornue and Lacanhe (I love the looks of the Lacanche the best). I'll post whatever I find out -- just in case someone ese might be looking for the same information. I appreciate all of your suggestions, and I love to do research, so keep your comments coming :) joyce...See MoreUsed la Cornue, lacanche, Officine gullo, diva de Provence
Comments (0)Is anyone selling a high end Italian or French range? if so I’d love to hear from you! thanks...See MoreOfficine Gullo Ranges
Comments (51)Wanted to provide another update to my (and my wife's) experience with La Cornue Chateau. Not a negative experience per say, but enlightening one. This weekend in Charlotte, NC we visited an interior decorator/cabinet maker who had a Chateau 120 on their display floor. The 120 has two small(er) size ovens with a rather small metal 'pull' knob to open the oven door. Yes, this was the first time I ever actually opened the oven door! Other times that we travelled to showrooms that featured a La Cornue Chateau range on their floor... the sales rep was the person who actually opened the oven door to show the interior size. It's funny, because my wife and I both felt the doors, the interior racks, the round plate on the bottom of the gas oven, and maybe even felt the weight/thickness of the door(s)... but neither one of us actually opened the door from its fully shut/closed position to its fully open/down position. I have to say that it was surprisingly stubborn if you're not ready for it! Maybe it was my body position or the fact that I wasn't ready for the effort to actually require a bodyweight 'shift' to assist with the door opening. My problem was that I crouched down, so I was on the balls of my feet then I gently reached for the rather small metal knob and gave a normal effort to pull it open - it didn't budge. Then I rocked down from the balls of my feet so that one of my heels was down and I shifted back away from the oven slightly for more leverage. Then I pulled with a lot more energy and of course the door came open several inches then stopped. It was open about 5 inches and stopped. The salesperson commented "It's a heavy door" and suggested "you have to put your weight into it!" I cranked it open the rest of the way down - although surprisingly the oven door doesn't 'fully' open parallel to the floor. As a result, when I reached in to pull out the sample Le Creuset baking pan my forearm actually touched the heavy door (thankfully the heat wasn't on!). Then I eventually shut/closed up the oven door and asked my wife if she wanted to try. As she got her body into position I said, "You really have to shift your body weight to assist with the effort you can't just open it with your hand/wrist/arm alone." First thing she said after opening the door was "That little knob hurt my finger." The salesperson admitted "Yes, the knob may be round, but the edge is kind of sharp." About an hour later in the car as we were driving home, he opened her palm/fingers and showed me a small purple area that was a bruised blood vessel. She gets those occasionally while weightlifting with barbells or picking up something heavy and rough. Long post but you can't get more real-life detail on the La Cornue Chateau oven pull action!...See MoreLacanche sales/customer service?
Comments (5)Just returned from our trip to Manhattan in which we visited Officine Gullo and LaCornue (Chateau) show rooms. We had planned to also visit LaCanche but unfortunately we simply didn't have time to do the LaCanche visit. Getting from place to place - even though we are relatively efficient on the subways - it's difficult to be absolutely prompt with appointments. There are so many diversions and delays to throw us off our appointed time schedules! The visit to Officine Gullo (Ms Carla) was at 11am in Soho. Our first appointment of the day - and we were even late for that! ;-) Carla greeted us at the door and was a very accomodating and gracious hostess. The Gullo space has a beautiful open loft style showroom. We went to see the OG Professional ranges. The very first range you see as you walk in the showroom is an OG Pro black 71 inch (?) with 4 sets of hob elements. After spending years watching videos and reading articles it was great to finally see the Gullo products and touch them. That black range - with shiny black steel finish knobs - was dazzling. Touching any part of that range was satisfying. Turning knobs, pulling handles, lifting grates/brass burner elements, etc was like touching heavy, highly polished Italian granite. Such heft and weight and quality. The beautiful deep paint color (in this case gloss black) made the chrome metal accent trim JUMP / POP so dramatically. It was a tactile and visual treat. Manually disasembling the grates and lifting the brass burner elements... this was so obviously a benchmade/handmade product made by architects and artisans. The showroom contained two other OG Pro ranges as well as a Florentina range. Vibrant color swatches of sample drawers with every combination of metal pulls/knobs filled the walls. We crawled around opening drawers, oven doors, putting copper cookware on shelves, hooks, burner surfaces and in ovens. We asked rapid fire questions to Carla which she fielded politely and accurately. Never an "I don't know or I'll get back to you" - she knows this product extremely well - and pricing information for the most random accessories and options like custom backsplashes and hood lighting options. What impressed us perhaps the most - was the fact that Gullo doesn't mandate that you must get an oven(s) in their ranges. In our case - we plan on having wall mounted Speed Oven and Combination Speed Ovens. However we want the appearance of a full range. We don't just want a rangetop appearance. We want custom storage cabinets and drawers under the hobs so it appears like a full range with ovens underneath. This is an option that LaCornue Chateau does not offer. The LaCornue visit at 150th East 58th in midtown was also great. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong AT ALL with the Chateau ranges. They are gorgeous. But to shorten this already long entry... we have decided (easy decision) to go with the Gullo!...See MoreHU-892433804
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