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Post# 229506 , Reply# 1   4/22/2013 at 07:41 (3,993 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 229526 , Reply# 2   4/22/2013 at 11:00 (3,993 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)   |   | |
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This is great! Do t suppose you could do a video showing the hose in action? Thanks |
Post# 229537 , Reply# 3   4/22/2013 at 12:50 (3,993 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 229603 , Reply# 6   4/22/2013 at 20:48 (3,993 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 229604 , Reply# 7   4/22/2013 at 20:54 (3,993 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()   |   | |
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Looks like a pipe organ blower! |
Post# 229681 , Reply# 9   4/23/2013 at 14:00 (3,992 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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I beleve you and I have met, but it was many years ago. There was a Spencer located at the Fox theater in St. Louis, and I got to use it in 06. Our fellow collector, the late Stan Kann, let all of us see it in action.
Where in Naperville are you? That was the location of the V.C.C.C. headquarters. The exact address was 5 south, 437 Sherman Ave. right off Ogden Ave. The Stardust motel was on my corner. Mine was the only 2 story house on that street. The club museum was first in a spare bedroom, and was then transfered to a remodelded 3 car garage. Like you, I'm fond of non electric and early electric machines with a growing interest in built in machines. Please share whatever history you have as I'd love to read it. Thanks, Alex Taber. |
Post# 229683 , Reply# 10   4/23/2013 at 14:06 (3,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Great video Owen. Why not paint the machine the same color as the one at the Fox Theater? With the power that Spencer has, you could run a pipe all the way down your street and charge people to hook up to it. You could bill them like a utility company. "I have to pay the suction bill or they'll cut off the vacuum cleaner". Lol.
Do you still have the video of the ARCO Wand central vac here at the Museum that you got to run for us? That had an amazing start up sound, just as unique as the Spencer. |
Post# 230874 , Reply# 11   5/1/2013 at 19:55 (3,984 days old) by LillyLux (Oklahoma City)   |   | |
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I am pretty sure that Spencer "Orgoblow" are still being manufactured for modern pipe organ builders. I believe that our Cathedral's new Zimmer organ has a Spencer blower. |