Alessi Sapper Kettle with Melodic Whistle

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Alessi Sapper Kettle with Melodic Whistle
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  1. Publisher: Alessi
  2. Sales Rank in Kitchen & Housewares: #118648

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This was the first 'designer kettle' by Alessi, designed by Richard Sapper over a three year period, and launched in 1983. It has gone on to be one of the company's best selling products. The true heart of this design lies in the brass melodic whistle which has two pipes which sound two notes, mi and si when the steam flows, giving the kettle a particularly attractive melody. Sapper wanted to avoid giving the kettle the usual irksome sound of other kettles on the market and this purely musical requirement led to Alessi's first multi-sensorial design. The kettle also features a unique lever pull which raises the whistle away from the spout to enable filling. It's appealing you can't fail to love this kettle. Design: Richard Sapper, 1983 for Alessi, Italy.

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3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Tea Kettle design EVER, February 15, 2012
L. Lopez "NYLolo" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alessi Sapper Kettle with Melodic Whistle
So, my sister purchased this kettle because she liked my Alessi bird whistling tea kettle (which I ADORE - it's a GREAT kettle), but she wanted something different.
Anyway, this one is nice, sounds nice... BUT - heavy as all heck. With the way it's constructed, in order to pour out the boiling water, you have to pull a little trigger that pulls back the whistling mechanism. Unfortunately, that little metal piece gets REALLY hot, so you have to use a pot holder to grasp the handle. Very clumsy! ??? and totally LAME, and awkward. Plus, the kettle itself is really heavy, but it's also constructed in a way that you have to hold it way up high to pour the water out, which means you get to burn your hand with the steam from the boiling water as it pours out. In short - it's TERRIBLE functional design. It may be pretty to look at and the sound is nice, but spend your money on the whistling bird kettle, which looks good, sounds good, and pours boiling water without scalding your hand...Read more


5.0 out of 5 stars Best ever teakettle, March 19, 2012
mxm8 (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Alessi Sapper Kettle with Melodic Whistle
We've had a Richard Sapper teakettle for over two decades. With daily use and our hard water, it's time to replace it, and we wouldn't get any other. It's a joy to behold, to hear, and to use. The trigger pull insulator did come off rather too soon, but can be replaced with a rubber band, or just pull it quickly when hot. Design matters.

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