Thanks for the all the feedback. Just got done with a quick 10 miles on it, and definitely will be doing some more adjusting so it's good I can work with that seat post now, way too much weight on my hands.
Rode nicely Bianchigirll, minus said adjustments. Definitely going to take some getting used to the downtube shifting, but very smooth. And it does say the tubing is is Bianchi Special, so I think we've got an ID (thank you all!)

I'm in ASU land and they are playing football tonight so it was a madhouse but pulled up for a shot of the machine in the wild before getting back home from the crazyness.