Way back in 1861 in Fornero, a village of Valstrona, narrow valley that from Omega, (town situated on the banks of Lake Orta), rises to Campello Monti, Piana is Gaudenzio which begins the tradition of woodworking thanks to a first rudimentary lathe called a "pole" allowing to realize the first manufactured in series. From generation to generation the tradition of wood turning was handed down to the present day and thus arrive at the fifth generation. The company "The Gaudenzi", now run by brothers Sebastian and Emanuele Michele Piana, recovering the historical name of the company founded to 'beginning of the twentieth century, with twenty years experience producing the most diverse articles in wood for the house, the kitchen and Gifts using the most precious woods.