Illustrative image from the collection “Hidden Figures” · CMTK Archive — it is not a photograph of the subject; we are still looking for a portrait.

Figure · Hidden Figures

Casa Verdi (Sr. Fiorani)

The store that outfitted Guayana

The music house of Guayana that supported the miniteca movement by distributing the Peavey brand — one of the most widely used at the end of the 70s and the start of the 80s.

This entry is waiting for your contribution

We are still documenting the story of Casa Verdi (Sr. Fiorani). Did you live it, were you part of the crew, or do you keep material from the era — photos, flyers, tips, audio, memories? Help us complete this entry: every contribution is published with its credit.

Send your contribution →

Help us put a face to this entry!

The image at the top of this entry is illustrative: we still have no photograph of Casa Verdi (Sr. Fiorani). Do you have photos of Casa Verdi (Sr. Fiorani)? Send them to us and they get published with your credit.

Send photos of Casa Verdi (Sr. Fiorani) →

A store, not a stage

Casa Verdi was not a miniteca or a discjockey (now DJ): it was a store in Guayana, run by Mr. Fiorani, that supported the miniteca movement from behind the counter. It is a hidden figure of infrastructure and commerce, of the same documentary family as Kremesa or Super Efectos: the names that outfitted the crews.

According to the direct testimony collected by the CMTK Archive, its decisive contribution was the distribution of the Peavey brand — the North American sound that became one of the brands most used by the minitecas at the end of the seventies and the start of the eighties. Having local access to those power amplifiers and speakers, without depending on a trip to Caracas or abroad, changed what a Guayana crew could sound like.

What the commercial trail says

Today's business directories still list in Puerto Ordaz a musical instrument store called Casa Verdi, C.A. (Centro Comercial Doña Delía, Castillito sector), which corroborates the existence and the line of trade of the business the testimony describes. The store's chronology, the full identity of Mr. Fiorani and the terms of his commercial relationship with Peavey remain under documentary verification.

The historical presence of Peavey in the Venezuelan sound market is, for its part, abundant and verifiable —equipment from the brand still circulates in the local market today—, which makes the role of a regional distributor in Guayana plausible; the specific Casa Verdi–Peavey link rests for now on the testimony.

Related figures in the CMTK Archive

· Kremesa — lighting brand; hidden figure of infrastructure (collection “Hidden Figures”, Biblia batch).
· Mauricio Cutri (Super Efectos) — supplier of mechanical lights; hidden figure of commerce (collection “Hidden Figures”, Biblia batch).

Social media

· Social media and contact: being sought — do you have information? Write to us through the contact form

Credits and sources

· Direct testimony collected by the CMTK Archive (2026-07-10) — primary source of the Guayana scene (★★★★): Casa Verdi, Mr. Fiorani's store in Guayana, distributor of Peavey and a support of the miniteca movement at the end of the 70s and the start of the 80s.
· Partial external corroboration: business directories (planetavenezuela.com.ve, iglobal.co) list in Puerto Ordaz the musical instrument store “Casa Verdi, C.A.” (C.C. Doña Delía, Castillito) — existence and line of trade confirmed; no historical data.
· External context: the broad and sustained presence of Peavey equipment in the Venezuelan sound market (secondary market and current distributors); the specific Casa Verdi–Peavey link comes from the testimony.
· Under documentary verification: the full identity of Mr. Fiorani, Casa Verdi's years of operation, its formal standing as a Peavey distributor and the minitecas that were its customers.

Were you part of the crew, or did you witness their setups? Help us document this story with verified facts and images.

Tell us and help improve this entry

← Back to Hidden Figures

Source consulted on July 10, 2026

70s · 80s · Minitecas · Sound