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Post# 136408 6/18/2006 at 09:23 (6,514 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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As some of you know I had a Miele dishwasher (G45, just like the one in the Miele Museum). As I was unable to hook it up in my kitchen because it was too wide I sold it to a member of the German club. He was looking for this same model and arranged shipment. I'm glad it has a new home now and it has been restored and used on a daily basis now. He sent me some pictures a while ago and told me the machine was restored with parts from several brands because not all original parts were available anymore.
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Post# 136409 , Reply# 1 6/18/2006 at 09:24 (6,514 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 136410 , Reply# 2 6/18/2006 at 09:25 (6,514 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 136411 , Reply# 3 6/18/2006 at 09:26 (6,514 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 136412 , Reply# 4 6/18/2006 at 09:27 (6,514 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 136539 , Reply# 5 6/18/2006 at 20:20 (6,514 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 136636 , Reply# 6 6/19/2006 at 09:37 (6,513 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 136648 , Reply# 7 6/19/2006 at 10:25 (6,513 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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That kitchen is just a little too "Strength Through Joy" for me! Thanks for posting, though, Louis. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 136726 , Reply# 8 6/19/2006 at 16:21 (6,513 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 136993 , Reply# 9 6/21/2006 at 02:59 (6,511 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Frankfurt...1000Km?
Louis, I am horrid at maps, but 1000Km? Could that be Frankfurt o.d.Oder? Or did the Netherlands finally tire of their neighbours and go west? Gonna be a lot of very unhappy folks if'n ya did. German brownies just don't seem to have the same... Well, whatever. Lawrence, honey, that is not a Kraft durch Freude style - those fools went in for big, dark, massive cluttered. The GE built in kitchens (one on the forums in yellow today) come closer to the style we had just before things went to hell over here. This kitchen style - the close set tiles, the pine, knotty pine and, for a change, yellow pine is pretty much to be seen throughout central Europe. Many Europeans will do anything to avoid "Eiche rustikal". The interesting thing about these Mieles, by the by, was the designed to run forever mentality. Anyone notice the way the uppermost spray is attached? Brass! | ||
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Post# 137657 , Reply# 10 6/24/2006 at 03:58 (6,508 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 137677 , Reply# 11 6/24/2006 at 08:02 (6,508 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Wow what year is that? | ||
| Post# 137697 , Reply# 12 6/24/2006 at 11:28 (6,508 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Thanks for posting Louis! That Miele G45 sure is a beautiful machine, and big too!!! Glad to see it's up and running again! | ||
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Post# 137737 , Reply# 13 6/24/2006 at 16:56 (6,508 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 137764 , Reply# 14 6/24/2006 at 20:47 (6,508 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Nice DW!  | ||
| Post# 137770 , Reply# 15 6/24/2006 at 21:30 (6,508 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Louis Did you state the age of the G45? Any pics of the "unloaded" innards available? Certainly looks like it can take care of business, almost industrial/commercial. | ||
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Post# 137803 , Reply# 16 6/25/2006 at 04:09 (6,507 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Darrel, Here is the link to the pictures of this dishwasher when it was still in my shed. This machine is from the mid - late 60's. Steve, Yes, that is his daily driver. It's an electric stove. No idea of the age. CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK | ||
| Post# 137827 , Reply# 17 6/25/2006 at 09:06 (6,507 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Thanks for the link Louis. Some serious wash arms! | ||
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Post# 138215 , Reply# 18 6/27/2006 at 06:38 (6,505 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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general miele quality
One of the frequent comments (apologies) for crappy US quality products is that the companies can't survive otherwise and we have to pay attention to the bottom line. This argument falls to pieces when you have - at the same price or cheaper - tangibly better quality coming in from Germany, aka Miele/Bosch/Siemens and on the low side of the equations superior quality for less money from (some) of the Chinese and Koreans. Miele didn't really go for the uppermost quality market until things got tight in that broad general area of outstanding quality and high prices which characterised German products by the 1960's. It was a clear marketing decision. Beautiful as this machine is and well designed as it may be, it is a direct, capitalistic marketing approach to grow income. Gosh, making money by building good quality. I wonder why no one in the car industry ever thought of that. * * * * (Note: That was irony. Please do not now write that I am an idiot --that need not be noted, one it is not nice, two-- it is true) and that is precisely what the Japenese did.) | ||
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Post# 138218 , Reply# 19 6/27/2006 at 06:46 (6,505 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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well thank goodness for that - the Netherlande are still the
Of course, Louis, if you had taken Brussels with you (and I bet the rest of the Benelux would gladly have transfered them back to the throne of orange...), the rest of Europe might have dried our tears and taken "Butterfahrten" out to visit you. Well, Amsterdam at least. If I had my choice to do it all again, I think I would take a Miele washing machine from the early 80's, Miele Dishwasher just after this one's era (they were hell on crystal) and a big commercial Lindt absorber froster with a Sicamatic Deep Freeze and one of those Philips induction element ranges with the white glass-ceramic surface from the 70's. What would you take? | ||
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Post# 138309 , Reply# 20 6/27/2006 at 16:59 (6,505 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Oh dear
Since I have a bit of a weak spot for toploaders I would take a Miele toploader (W484 for example) from the seventies, the ones with the controls on the front that you can match with a Miele dryer. Ofcours I would take the matching vented dryer too. Further a double Miele wall oven and an Atag gas cooktop, a fridge and a freezer from Gram and a Miele G500 or G550 dishwasher. Or perhaps a later generation one that is a bit less noisy.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK | ||
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Post# 144364 , Reply# 22 7/22/2006 at 18:14 (6,480 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Sorry, one more Louis, thanks for the pictures from the in the shed days. Would you please tell me what the blue thing leaning against the Miele is in the last picture? Thank you, Tom | ||
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Post# 144430 , Reply# 23 7/22/2006 at 23:53 (6,479 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Tom, I don't think that object above the diswasher is a water heater, a water heater would be white. I'm not in touch with the owner of this kitchen, I'm afraid I can't tell you anything about the age of the stove. It might be fifties, it might be older. The spout is actually quite a normal spout that was used often until the 80's. I have the same in my kitchen and my parents had the same too in their previous house. I guess this way of installing the plumbing originates from the early days of piped water when a single cold water tap was installed over a sink. I have no idea about the big pan on the stove. I don't think it's a pan for heating bath water. LOL Could it be a deep frying pan? The blue thing in the shed is the water softener. It has to be installed between the faucet and the dishwasher. It has to be filled with salt. The new owner wasn't going to use it, he was planning to use 3-in-1 tabs, tabs that include a cleaning powder, a softener and a rinse agent in one. Louis | ||
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Post# 144455 , Reply# 24 7/23/2006 at 07:27 (6,479 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Louis, thanks for the photos! That is a great looking machine. Looks like it would hold a big load! | ||
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Post# 144541 , Reply# 26 7/23/2006 at 15:25 (6,479 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Lovely story Tom! You can see turkey fly! Even after they are dead! LOL My dictionary wasn't very clear about the word for it. Actually I think it could be an electric deep fryer. It looks like there are some "things" on the outside. Why it is on the stove then, I wouldn't know. Perhaps because of lack of counterspace. This kitchen looks like it doesn't have a lot of it. | ||
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Post# 144542 , Reply# 27 7/23/2006 at 15:26 (6,479 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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