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Post# 235621   9/9/2007 at 09:05 (6,046 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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So about four years ago I had a hard drive crash in my old computer in which I had thousands of sounds, images and photos saved from around 1999-2002. I saved the bad hard drive and finally got around to purchasing some hard drive restoration software. Last night I was able to get all these of these files off of the bad drive and successfully saved on a good hard drive. YAY, I'm thrilled, there are 1000s of Washer Pictures I can share again with everyone.

Here is a sound (wav) file that I recorded in Fall of 2000. Who knows what this beautiful sound is?

Can you name the washer brand?
Can you tell us what it is doing?
Can you name the transmission?
Can you name the model?


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Post# 235622 , Reply# 1   9/9/2007 at 09:12 (6,046 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Guess

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Hi Robert,
I hope you are doing well.
I guess 50's Frigidaire unimatic going into spin. I don't know the transmission or exact model.
Peter


Post# 235623 , Reply# 2   9/9/2007 at 09:33 (6,046 days old) by saltysam ()        
what this beautiful sound is

ummmmm 1958 Frigidaire? Thanks for the belt info Robert!
Mark


Post# 235626 , Reply# 3   9/9/2007 at 09:49 (6,046 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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It's definitely the beginning of a spin cycle. I'll bet it's a solid-tub. As the spin speed picks up quickly, I'd guess it's either a Unimatic Frigidaire or a '50s Norge, both of which throw water at an amazing rate. No idea which model it might be.

Post# 235638 , Reply# 4   9/9/2007 at 10:10 (6,046 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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For those of you who are guessing a Unimatic, here is the sound of a Unimatic going into to spin for you to compare with our mystery sound up in the fist post.

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Post# 235645 , Reply# 5   9/9/2007 at 11:01 (6,045 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Great Sound!
Is it your direct drive GE? I think it was made in 1951, but not sure of the exact year....
Brent


Post# 235648 , Reply# 6   9/9/2007 at 11:10 (6,045 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Sounds like a solenoid shifts at the beginning of the spin (not sure if it is to control the spin or the speed). Speed wise it sounds like a Multimatic - maybe a 59/60 WCI Multimatic on high speed (850)? I didn't think the Norge/AMP Maytag/Speed Queen spun the water out that fast - but is a solid tub machine. Kelvinator or ABC don't have the shifting solenoid sound either. HUM.....

Ben


Post# 235652 , Reply# 7   9/9/2007 at 11:47 (6,045 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Mister Tricky Pants

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Number One. the spin begins from a pause, ruling out unimatics but not milti-s or rollers.

#2. Every Aworg Brother and Sister knows it's a water throw from a solid tub

#3. Eugene, it's NOT a Norge.

#4. Yes, 2/5's of the way through it sounds very much like a Frigidiare, BUUUUTTTT

#5. The whine is too high pitched for a Frigi, therefore

#6. At that speed it can only be the first GE, and finally

#7. The very first click or shift to spin is definitely not a Frigidaire sound

Did you spend your childhood Sunday's listening to football, or with your ear to the washer like i did?

PS: Loved the Freudian slip of "Fist post" Made my day. Can't wait to see the thousand pics. Thank You. Out to the garage now to check the sounds on the multimatic spin in case I'm becoming hard of hearing, and got all my answers wrong.


Post# 235682 , Reply# 8   9/9/2007 at 12:59 (6,045 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Hmmm!

Although I cannot place an exact name, model number, etc on this audio shot (probably a Frigidaire or similar brand), it's most definitely one of those early high revving fast spinning types. Great sounding audio! Now that it's in my Vintage Appliance Videos collection, I can eventually rename the file based on what you might reveal of it's identity. Many thanks! By the way, those wavs make for great prank sounds to embed in an outgoing message launched from Outlook Express.--Laundry Shark

Post# 235683 , Reply# 9   9/9/2007 at 13:02 (6,045 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)        
Robert,

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This might be a silly guess, but here it goes:

1947 GE AW6?

Obviously it's spinning, but it sounds like a spin with an empty basket...no clothes but with a finned agitator. (making that whistling sound)

It does have direct drive sounds to it also, but was the 47' GE direct drive? I'm thinking it was.

Oh well...that was my guess!

Jon


Post# 235684 , Reply# 10   9/9/2007 at 13:07 (6,045 days old) by funguy10 ()        

I know! It's the Super Unimatic 2.0!

Post# 235689 , Reply# 11   9/9/2007 at 13:31 (6,045 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Cheating or research: your judgment, People

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The stress of test situations always alters perception, and when i just replayed both spins from the First GE Automatic Washer stored in the archives, there is nothing in them that sounds like Robert's mystery clip.

So let's get back to what we know: The sound of a Frigidaire motor wind-up for a spin creates an unmistakable audio signature. That is what my ears and mind say I'm experiencing, As for the opening click that MAY be preceded by a pause, and the too high-pitched a whine toward the end of the segment, I can't account for them right now. So if there is another machine whose spin sounds like that of a Unimatic, I haven't heard it before.


Post# 235695 , Reply# 12   9/9/2007 at 14:00 (6,045 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)        

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When exactly did Robert sell his Apex?

Post# 235700 , Reply# 13   9/9/2007 at 14:33 (6,045 days old) by liamwa ()        

Could it be the philco "blades of water" washer, or an ABC-O-Matic?

Liam


Post# 235722 , Reply# 14   9/9/2007 at 16:47 (6,045 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
I'd say...

Its definately not a unimatic, because it's throwing water too long, and a Unimatic empties itself much faster.

Post# 235725 , Reply# 15   9/9/2007 at 17:07 (6,045 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)        

Waaaaaahhhhhh! I can't get the links to work. I think it is a conspiracy. You know, just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean everyone isn't out to get me.

Post# 235727 , Reply# 16   9/9/2007 at 17:11 (6,045 days old) by funguy10 ()        

Well, Whirlpool and Kenmore washers do a neutral drain and then the motor pauses for a few seconds before it stats to spin. The click sound you hear in the sound clip could be the click sound Kenmore and Whirlpool washers make at the end of drain and at the start of spin as the gearcase shifts from agitate to spin. The sound of water trickling is a spray rinse. This is because Kenmore and Whirlpool washers do a spray rinse for 7 seconds right when the motor starts. Then it does a 7 second pause followed by another 7 second spray rinse.

Post# 235732 , Reply# 17   9/9/2007 at 17:50 (6,045 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)        
cheating?

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I think everyone has been making some pretty good guesses so far. I would say Kenmore/Whirlpool is definetly out because they don't throw water and there was no sound of the wig-wag shifting.

Keep in mind that most of us only have this website to work with for clues to these questions. I don't have a basement full of machines below my 1-bdr condo.


Post# 235738 , Reply# 18   9/9/2007 at 18:55 (6,045 days old) by chaskelljr2 (Washington, D. C.)        
I'll take a shot at this one!!!!

"Unimatic":

I'm thinking it's either your 1949 Frigidaire, your 1949 GE or your 1958 Frigidaire.

I'm not wrong on neither of these three, am I???

--Charles--


Post# 235739 , Reply# 19   9/9/2007 at 18:56 (6,045 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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ummmmm 1958 Frigidaire?
Nope

It's definitely the beginning of a spin cycle.
Yes

I'd guess it's either a Unimatic Frigidaire or a '50s Norge
Nope

Is it your direct drive GE? I think it was made in 1951,
Nope and it was made in 1947

Sounds like a solenoid shifts at the beginning of the spin
Nope

Speed wise it sounds like a Multimatic - maybe a 59/60 WCI Multimatic on high speed (850)?
Nope, too slow.

but it sounds like a spin with an empty basket
Nope full wash load

I know! It's the Super Unimatic 2.0!
Nope

Cheating or research: your judgment, People
Research is good

MAY be preceded by a pause,
Yes

When exactly did Robert sell his Apex?
I didn’t sell it I crushed it.
1996

Could it be the philco "blades of water" washer, or an ABC-O-Matic?
Nope

Well, Whirlpool and Kenmore washers do a neutral drain and then the motor pauses for a few seconds before it stats to spin.
No they don’t, at least not in the Imperial Forum :)

I would say Kenmore/Whirlpool is definetly
Yes there out by a long shot


I gave one big hint in one of those clues. And 4 speed Multimatics do not Rev Up to full speed like that, they starts on low and shifts into high one increment later (unlike this machine).


Post# 235742 , Reply# 20   9/9/2007 at 19:02 (6,045 days old) by chaskelljr2 (Washington, D. C.)        
Well Jon.......

Well Jon:

In the first sound file, it sounded like the washer in question was throwing water as it was going into spin, and from my experience, that didn't sound like a Kenmore.

A Kenmore would drain first, and then after several minutes of neutral activity, a Kenmore would then shift into spin by way of solenoids or wigwags (I grew up with two of them, and have used Kenmores all my life).

--Charles--

P.S.: To me, if it's not one of his Washer/Dryer Combos, then it's got to be an early GE (the 1949 model) or one of his Frigidaires (the 1949, the 1957 tower top or the turquiose 1958 model that he owns).


Post# 235744 , Reply# 21   9/9/2007 at 19:19 (6,045 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)        

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Charles,

You said exactly what I did earlier. Kenmores DIN'T throw water and they neutral drain. I was referring to the sound bit. I grew up with belt-drives and currently have one as well.

I'm assuming the big clue from Robert must be that the spin speed is faster than 850 rpm, but is not a 47 GE or a Unimatic. It also pauses. Hmm...still brainstorming here...

Jon


Post# 235745 , Reply# 22   9/9/2007 at 19:23 (6,045 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Frigidaire.
Pause, then spin.
Pulsamatic.
WD-57.


Post# 235750 , Reply# 23   9/9/2007 at 19:39 (6,045 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
I know the sound. It's so familiar, but so long ago.

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The pulsamatics pause before spin, but the full sound of my gram's which is the same as the green dialed one in yr basement has a clean cool rush and flow almost like a waterfall, but I ALWAYS had the lid open (no lid switch on that model) and can't be sure what it sounded like with the top down. Hmmmmmmm

It just won't come.

This is really getting good, but it's frustrating because I really know my washer sounds, or so I thought.


Post# 235753 , Reply# 24   9/9/2007 at 19:49 (6,045 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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To me, if it's not one of his Washer/Dryer Combos, then it's got to be an early GE (the 1949 model) or one of his Frigidaires (the 1949, the 1957 tower top or the turquiose 1958 model that he owns
One big nope to all of that

I'm assuming the big clue from Robert must be that the spin speed is faster than 850 rpm, but is not a 47 GE or a Unimatic. It also pauses. Hmm...still brainstorming here...
YES YES YES, keep brainstorming

Frigidaire.
Pause, then spin.
Pulsamatic.

Nope



Post# 235757 , Reply# 25   9/9/2007 at 19:56 (6,045 days old) by liamwa ()        

Frigidaire RollerMatic with the 1010 rapid-dry spin? Although it really doesn't sound like one of those.

Liam


Post# 235760 , Reply# 26   9/9/2007 at 20:03 (6,045 days old) by liamwa ()        

Is it a Blackstone going into spin? Just guessing now.

Liam


Post# 235764 , Reply# 27   9/9/2007 at 20:19 (6,045 days old) by compactc9 ()        

Is it...

A 1966 Frigidaire coin-op with the Super Duty mechanism?


Post# 235768 , Reply# 28   9/9/2007 at 20:50 (6,045 days old) by 48bencix (Sacramento CA)        
AMP

Sure sounds like my Maytag AMP, but it sounds like it ends up faster. But that initial klunk is very AMP like.

Definitly a solid tub spinning the water out.

Martin


Post# 235771 , Reply# 29   9/9/2007 at 20:54 (6,045 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)        

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Gosh...Maytag AMP is about the only thing left to guess with! That is a solid tub machine even though it looks perferated right? The bolts in the tub are connected a solid tub and the basket together? Hmm...I wouldn't think a Maytag would spin that fast, but I don't know much of anything about Maytags. GRRR...

Post# 235777 , Reply# 30   9/9/2007 at 21:13 (6,045 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Is it your Wonderful Whirlpool Combo going into it's final 1,001 RPM High Speed Spin?
Brent


Post# 235780 , Reply# 31   9/9/2007 at 21:17 (6,045 days old) by volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)        
Just a thought.

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Remember, these are old sounds. What did Robert have way back then? Is this something he no longer has, or is it still in the collection?

Kelvinator?

Dave, having recently moved.


Post# 235781 , Reply# 32   9/9/2007 at 21:24 (6,045 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

When we talked about spinning speeds with the towel test. Robert mentioned that SQ with the beefed up /commercial pulley? just a guess, alr2903

Post# 235782 , Reply# 33   9/9/2007 at 21:27 (6,045 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
A big slap goes out to the one who's name and city are o

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Is it...

A 1966 Frigidaire coin-op with the Super Duty mechanism?


LOL

Reggie get's it right and he wins a beautiful 1950 Compact Vacuum as his prize. So tell me Reggie (as if I didn't know LOL) how in the world would a guy with such a fabulous vacuum collection ever figure out a really tough washer question????


Post# 235783 , Reply# 34   9/9/2007 at 21:28 (6,045 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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The Frigidaire Commerical Super Duty, 0 to 1010rpm in 25 seconds!

Post# 235786 , Reply# 35   9/9/2007 at 21:39 (6,045 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
And before anyone asks

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And one more shot, 'cause I know you want one...

Post# 235788 , Reply# 36   9/9/2007 at 21:40 (6,045 days old) by compactc9 ()        

So tell me Reggie (as if I didn't know LOL) how in the world would a guy with such a fabulous vacuum collection ever figure out a really tough washer question????

What do you mean one whose name and city are on in the same? ;)


Post# 235791 , Reply# 37   9/9/2007 at 21:45 (6,045 days old) by compactc9 ()        

I do have a question: Where did you find that one, it looks like its in pretty good shape for something that was used commercially.

Post# 235793 , Reply# 38   9/9/2007 at 21:56 (6,045 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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What do you mean one whose name and city are on in the same? ;)
;) *wink* Right back at you Mister. Hmmmmmph!

I do have a question: Where did you find that one, it looks like its in pretty good shape for something that was used commercially.
That's the beauty of Frigidaire porcelain Reggie. The poor dear sat outside for over 20 years before I rescued and restored him from the South Dakota Farm. I wanted this washer because I remember them so well in some of my favorite laundromats when I was a kid.


Post# 235795 , Reply# 39   9/9/2007 at 22:02 (6,045 days old) by compactc9 ()        

I guess I wouldn't have imagined it beeing found outside sitting for so long. It must have taken a lot of work to restore.

Post# 235805 , Reply# 40   9/9/2007 at 22:15 (6,045 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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It must have taken a lot of work to restore.

You can say that again!


Post# 235820 , Reply# 41   9/9/2007 at 23:30 (6,045 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)        
oh Robert

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You and your trick questions! :-)

Post# 235860 , Reply# 42   9/10/2007 at 09:36 (6,045 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Frigidaire Commercial Super Duty 1966

That's what I have renamed my mystery.wav file. Many thanks, Robert, for sharing this one.--Laundry Shark

Post# 236271 , Reply# 43   9/12/2007 at 15:00 (6,042 days old) by funguy10 ()        

Do you have pics of restoring the machine?


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