Longoni
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* a designation equivalent to limited liability company, that may be appended to the end of company names:
** ''Società a responsabilità limitata'' (Italian)
** ''Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada'' (Spanish)
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is one of the most prominent European manufacturers of
cue stick
A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the . Cues are tapered stick ...
s.
The company, founded by Alessandro Longoni in 1945, is based in
Mariano Comense,
Italy
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.
Longoni makes cues customized for various
carom billiards disciplines, including
three-cushion
Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to the off both while contacting the at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each su ...
,
five-pin, and
artistic billiards
Artistic billiards, sometimes called fantasy billiards or fantaisie classique, is a carom billiards discipline in which players compete at performing 76 preset shots of varying difficulty. Each set shot has a maximum point value assigned for perfec ...
, as well as
pool and
Russian pyramid cues more recently.
Over the years, several professional players, including
Dick Jaspers
Dingeman Jacobus Johannes "Dick" Jaspers (pronounced yas-pers) (born 23 July 1965) is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.
Early life
Jaspers started playing billiards when he was three years ...
and
Niels Feijen, have helped design and develop new lines of Longoni carom and pool cues, respectively. As of 2014, Niels Feijen is still under contract with Longoni.
A hallmark of Longoni cues is their often unusual designs – including octagonal cuts, sewn-in leather strips, and intricate inlay ornaments. Longoni's two top lines of pool cues, the Classica and Silver series, range from approximately
US$
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1,500 to $6,000.
Longoni supports no-
ivory cue production by exclusively using made of
phenolic resin.
References
External links
Longoni company English-language website(an alternate interface is availabl
here
Cue sports equipment manufacturers
Sporting goods manufacturers of Italy
Italian brands
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