About
A joinery workshop that learned Pilates, not a brand that ordered frames.
Sperante owns the bench, the kiln schedule and the reject pile. That is the difference a distributor feels when a dimension has to be held across four containers in a row.
The reformer is not a design anyone owns. Joseph Pilates built the first one from a bed frame and springs, and every maker since has been arguing about the same three things: how flat the rails are, how quiet the carriage is, and how long the frame stays true. Sperante takes a position on all three and publishes the readings.
We build in Türkiye, four hours from the beech forests of the Black Sea coast and one hour from the port. That is not a story about heritage; it is why a container leaves on the date it was promised and why the timber cost is what it is.
Our buyers are distributors and studio groups who order again. That shapes everything: parts are stocked and sold separately, upholstery panels are replaceable without a service visit, and the test log for a given serial number can be produced eight years after it shipped.
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About
A joinery workshop that learned Pilates, not a brand that ordered frames.
Own the bench
Frames are built here, by one assembler each, start to finish. Subcontracted frames drift between workshops and nobody owns the drift.
Publish the reading
Deflection, noise and cycle count are printed with the machine. A number you can check is worth more than an adjective you cannot.
Hold the date
Capacity is capped at forty frames a week on purpose. A date we can hold is the product a distributor is actually buying.
Stock the parts
Springs, ropes, wheels and upholstery panels are stocked as line items. A machine that cannot be repaired locally is a machine that gets replaced by a competitor.
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Compliance
The document set a distributor opens first.
Studio equipment is bought on safety conformity and on what happens in year three, not on a quality-system logo. The set below goes out with the quotation when it is asked for, not after the order.
- 72
- Studio reformers per 40 ft HC
- 35
- days ex-works, standard order
- 10 yr
- frame warranty
- 3 yr
- moving parts warranty
- EN ISO 20957-1 · Stationary training equipment, general safety requirements and test methods — Class S, studio use
- EN 1021-1 / -2 · Upholstered furniture ignition, cigarette and match flame equivalent — tested on the panel in production
- EN ISO 12947-2 · Martindale abrasion, 100,000 cycles on the upholstery in production
- EN 717-1 · Formaldehyde emission, class E1 — reading 0.03 ppm against a 0.1 ppm limit
- Directive 2004/42/EC · Decorative coating VOC content — hardwax oil under 90 g/l against a 130 g/l limit
- CE marking / DoC · Declaration of Conformity issued per model and named on the packing list of every shipment
Send the mix. We will send the stow plan.
Tell us the models, the annual quantity and the destination port. You get a unit price, a container loading plan and a delivery date — usually within the same working day.