I have seen the 1908 but I like the idea of having two ovens, and at $14,000 my husband will balk at buying an extra wall oven! The 1908 has a true La Cornue oven, though, which I suppose is nice - having never cooked on a La Cornue, I don't have a basis for comparison. As far as the Lacanche, I really just didn't like the looks, at all. I have cooked on a Sully 2200 in France (it was in a chateau we rented for a friend's wedding) and it was beautiful, so I think I just didn't care for the scaled-down version. In addition, the simmer wasn't working properly at all during the cooking class I took - the smallest burner on the lowest setting was still boiling my grits despite the use of the simmer plate. That could have been their gas adjustment, though. It was really the look that killed it for me. I personally think that the CornuFe looks better in the 43" than the comparable Cluny (but I know a lot of people here rave about it - it's obviously just a matter of taste).

We've had ours for 7 years now (pic way up above) and I do love it. HOWEVER... one side of our oven broke in September (the convection element needs to be replaced), and the part to replace it still has not come in - 4 months later we are still waiting. The warranty is 5 years, so we are out of luck with La Cornue working with us and have to rely on our local retail establishment for service work. The oven sizes are fine, unless you plan on doing a giant turkey. We've done an 18 lb turkey no problem, and I love doing roasters in it. Cleaning - the ovens have sides - top and bottom as well - that remove for cleaning so it's not a complete nightmare. But if you are used to self-cleaning ovens you may not like it. All that being said, we are overall happy with it. But if we ever need another oven, I doubt I would go with the same brand only because service has been very difficult. Good luck!

I'd love to read some recent reviews on the CornuFe 90 "Albertine", especially related to the oven size. Thanks!

From what I have been reading in this forum, the dealer network for Ilve is mostly going away in the US (if it hasn't already). It's now been rebranded as Hallman and sold through a different channel; you can often find it in big discount chains. Customer service for both brands sounded somewhat unreliable. On the other hand, LaCanche stands out for their amazing customer service. Both the US and the Canadian representatives regularly pop up in this forum and give excellent help. If looks and features are important to you, and your budget is open to it then I would definitely consider that brand. It might take a little bit to receive the order though. My brother just bought a stove and had it delivered to Germany. That took almost 3 months, and he is still waiting for the matching range hood as that was delivered incorrectly. I can only imagine that shipping from France to the US is going to take longer.