A local shop has a Wilier escape bike with Aluminum Amadeus Alloy tubing. Never heard of this before. Is this some kind of house brand? Anyone have some details?

My Merckx Fuga (n/k/a Race) has an aluminum front triangle made by Amadeus. Never was able to find out much about it. It's one of my favorites, though. I'm interested to see what responses you get.

A local shop has a Wilier escape bike with Aluminum Amadeus Alloy tubing. Never heard of this before. Is this some kind of house brand? Anyone have some details?

female:) Ooh! Rock me Amadeus!
(male:) Rock me Amadeus! Ro-ro-rock me Amadeus! (echoes)
Rock me all the time to the top

Er war ein Punker--- (He was a Punker)
Und er lebte in der großen stadt--- (And he lived in the big city)
Es war in Wien, war Vienna--- (It was Vienns, was Vienna)
Wo er alles tat--- (Where he did everything)
Er hatte Schulden denn er trank--- (He had debts, for he drank)
Doch ihn liebten alle Frauen--- (But all the women loved him)
Und jede rief:--- (And they shouted:)
Come and rock me Amadeus---

Er war Superstar--- (He was a Superstar)
Er war populär--- (He was popular)
Er war so exaltiert--- (He was so exalted)
genau das war sein flair (excatly that was his flair)
Because er hatte Flair--- (Because he had flair)
er war allen nur zu gross (he was too big for all)
Er war ein Virtuose--- (He was a virtuoso)
War ein Rockidol--- (Was a rock idol)
und alles ruft noch heute (and all still call today)
Und alles rief:--- (And everyone shouted:)
Come and rock me Amadeus---

Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...oh, oh, oh Amadeus
Come and rock me Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...oh, oh, oh Amadeus

Es war um 1780--- (It was around 1780)
Und es war in Wien--- (And itwas in Vienna)
No plastic money anymore---
Die Banken gegen ihn--- (The Banks against him)
Woher die Schulden kamen--- (From which his debt came)
War wohl jedermann bekannt--- (It was common knowledge)
Er war ein Mann der Frauen--- (He was a woman's man)
Frauen liebten seinen Punk--- (Women loved his punk)

Er war Superstar--- (He was a Superstar)
Er war populär--- (He was popular)
Er war so exaltiert--- (He was so exalted)
Because er hatte Flair--- (Because he had flair)
Er war ein Virtuose--- (He was a virtuoso)
War ein Rockidol--- (Was a rock idol)
Und alles rief:--- (And everyone shouted:)
Come and rock me Amadeus---

Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...oh, oh, oh Amadeus
Come and rock me Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...oh, oh, oh Amadeus
Come and rock me Amadeus

(female:)
Baby baby do it to me, rock me
Baby baby do it to me, rock me
Baby baby do it to me, rock me
Yi-eeh, yi-eeh, yeah-eh-eh-ow
Baby baby do it to me, rock me
Baby baby do it to me, rock me
Baby baby do it to me, rock me

Come and rock me Amadeus
(Yow!)

Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...oh, oh, oh Amadeus

Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...oh, oh, oh Amadeus

Amadeus-deus-deus-deus

Wow, someone's got nothing to do at work...

Wow, someone's got nothing to do at work...
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you know it was going through your head...admit it!:cool:

A local shop has a Wilier escape bike with Aluminum Amadeus Alloy tubing. Never heard of this before. Is this some kind of house brand? Anyone have some details?

Amadeus tubing was used to compose many many frames during the classical period of frame building. It provided a symphony of different frame properties, and was strongly considered by Pinarello for their Opera frame.

Despite the wonderful qualities of Amadeus tubing, it's life was cut short by the competing Salieri tubing.

Amadeus tubing was used to compose many many frames during the classical period of frame building. It provided a symphony of different frame properties, and was strongly considered by Pinarello for their Opera frame.

Despite the wonderful qualities of Amadeus tubing, it's life was cut short by the competing Salieri tubing.

see...I'm not the only smartass on the board. ;)

Despite the wonderful qualities of Amadeus tubing, it's life was cut short by the competing Salieri tubing.

. . . but fortunately, the enterprising German instrument builder Karl Boehm bought all the remaining Amadeus tube sets he could get his hands on and used them to build transverse flutes. Because of the non-corrosive properties of the shiny tubing, he marketed his flutes under the trade name "Sauberfloete," which is German for “clean flute.”

As mentioned in a previous post, Guiseppe Pinarello then wrote an opera about this frame-to-flute venture. Due to an unfortunate transcription error, he named his opera “Zauberfloete,” (with a “Z”) which means “magic flute” in German. The name stuck, and Pinarello’s opera is still performed today under this “incorrect” name.