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Thread Number: 72656
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Let's All Take A Trip To Germany |
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Post# 959994 10/1/2017 at 03:38 (2,392 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Shall we?
Such wonderful vintage machines. First up, a Vorwerk twin tub. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK | ||
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Post# 959995 , Reply# 1 10/1/2017 at 03:43 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 959996 , Reply# 2 10/1/2017 at 03:44 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Not so old Siemens
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Post# 959997 , Reply# 3 10/1/2017 at 03:46 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 959998 , Reply# 4 10/1/2017 at 03:47 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Miele!
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Post# 959999 , Reply# 5 10/1/2017 at 03:49 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Another Privileg
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Post# 960000 , Reply# 6 10/1/2017 at 03:50 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Bosch Toplader
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Post# 960001 , Reply# 7 10/1/2017 at 03:53 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Best for last!
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Post# 960002 , Reply# 8 10/1/2017 at 03:55 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Bonus Round
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Post# 960031 , Reply# 9 10/1/2017 at 12:42 (2,392 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Great machines! Thanks for sharing these. The Sharpf Semiautomatic is to die for! I knew there was something like that, but had never seen it before.
Some sidenotes: The first machine, the Vorwerk, is a relabeled AEG Turnette. It's not a twintub btw, there is no spinner. You need a separate spindryer to spin the laundry. Here's another one: www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de... The Privileg machines were relabelled Zanussi's. Privileg was sold by the popular mail catalogue retailer Quelle (Versandhaus in German). The not so old Siemens is similar to my somewhat cheaper model Siemens that I bought 4 years ago. www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... Great machines, but a bit sensitive in the spin cycle. The Lavalux is a lovely machine. There was also a later model that had a variant with an agitator called Agilux. I don't know exactly about Germany, but in the NL twintubs weren't very popular (my mother had one though) because fully automatic machines became affordable rather fast. When the automatics came onto the market here soon there were frontloaders that were around the same price as an expensive twintub. | ||
| Post# 960085 , Reply# 10 10/1/2017 at 16:57 (2,392 days old) by bellalaundry (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Such a tease
seeing these European marvels! I am on the hunt (via internet) for a Miele 65 wringer washer.
Then I have to hope that the seller will consider shipping! Great pics Laundress!
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Post# 960086 , Reply# 11 10/1/2017 at 17:10 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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@Louis
Danke schön for all the background information, knew if anyone would have it, that would be you.
One wonders being older machines if the Scharf and AEG would run "fine" on 60hz frequency. Not that one has a snowball's chance in Hades of ever seeing the things on this side of pond, and certainly won't be buying off ebay and shipping. But still one can dream..... @bellalaundry If one hits the lottery or comes into a sudden windfall it would be the only way to get those great German machines onto these shores. Go around, buy them up, hire a shipping crate and pack it full... *LOL* If you've nosed around Germany eBay or whatever sites you'd know even for small things many German sellers don't do shipping. On larger items such as laundry appliances that is nearly universal. This applies within Germany, one can only imagine response for EU shipping.... Once bought a Kaltmangel from Germany. To my surprise seller agreed to ship. Damn silly fool did not pack the thing well and it arrived with major damage. Still useable to some extent, but needs parts that one cannot readily find. | ||
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Post# 960088 , Reply# 12 10/1/2017 at 17:17 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Miele Wringer
Years ago now saw a Miele wringer washer on fleaPay, or maybe it was CL being offered up for sale in USA.
The thing had a tub made of wood with a wringer attached, which one thought was odd and had to be ancient. Until later found old brochures from Miele indicating they made such things late into the 1950's Can you imagine? Guess things were that bad in post war Germany. | ||
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Post# 960090 , Reply# 13 10/1/2017 at 17:23 (2,392 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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"Vorwerk, is a relabeled AEG Turnette"
AEG is a puzzle to me; it seems they were always either having others make some of their laundry appliances for them, or vice-versa.
Followed the thread about Lavamat topladers and it becomes confusing since it is hard to nail down what exactly AEG produced in house, versus merely slapped their name onto something made by someone else. | ||
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Post# 960101 , Reply# 14 10/1/2017 at 19:46 (2,391 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Yes, they would run on 60Hz. | ||
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Post# 960102 , Reply# 15 10/1/2017 at 19:55 (2,391 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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That AEG Lavalux | ||
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Post# 960131 , Reply# 16 10/2/2017 at 00:08 (2,391 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Vintage Miele washer made of wood
From 1949! Can you imagine, the war had been over for four years and Miele was producing washing machines made from wood.
Here's me thinking housewives in UK were worse off saddled with twin tubs or still using a copper and mangle. But then again judging from this Sunil spot many housewives in Germany would have welcomed that Miele washer, wood or no: | ||
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Post# 960143 , Reply# 17 10/2/2017 at 04:36 (2,391 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Yes, Miele indeed made those wooden washing machines for a long time, but by that time they also had brought more modern machines on the market. I think those wooden washing machines were meant for farmers etc. A neighbour of my grandparents had one, she used it into the early 70's. She really liked it and kept it until her husband forced her to buy something new. He sold Bosch washing machines, my mother bought her Bosch automatic in the 1960's from him!
I suppose the Sunil video was situated in social housing in Germany. Most likely they didn't get the modern stuff very early. | ||
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Post# 960146 , Reply# 18 10/2/2017 at 05:05 (2,391 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Sharpf Semiautomatic | ||
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Post# 960149 , Reply# 19 10/2/2017 at 05:17 (2,391 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 960150 , Reply# 20 10/2/2017 at 05:19 (2,391 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Here are some pictures of an AEG Turnette, similar to the Vorwerk. The Vorwerk has a few more options on the cycle selector for small loads.
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Post# 960153 , Reply# 21 10/2/2017 at 05:30 (2,391 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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This Vorwerk Is A Puzzle To Me | ||
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Post# 960161 , Reply# 22 10/2/2017 at 06:12 (2,391 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Yes, these were meant to be accompanied by a spin dryer, indeed the preference would be from the same brand. These compact machines (the washing machine is around 65cm high) were designed for smaller housing where there was no space for a full size Waschbüffet.
AFAIK Vorwerk never manufactured a washing machine by itself, but were always relabeled machines, often AEG's. | ||
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Post# 960163 , Reply# 23 10/2/2017 at 06:20 (2,391 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Again..... | ||
| Post# 960167 , Reply# 24 10/2/2017 at 07:08 (2,391 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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Ahh yes! European machines. I always find the styling differences between Europe and the US to be interesting. | ||
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Post# 960176 , Reply# 25 10/2/2017 at 07:57 (2,391 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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"AEG was either making appliances for someone else, or they were having their name slapped onto someone else's appliances."
They were not worse than other European brands. For example here's a Vorwerk that's a relabelled Bosch. CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK on eBay
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Post# 960178 , Reply# 26 10/2/2017 at 08:04 (2,391 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Miele 65
There are a few of them on eBay Kleinanzeigen. But the problems is the shipping. A lot of German sellers are not willing to ship abroad. And when they are, it will cost you an arm and a leg.
www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de... | ||
| Post# 960195 , Reply# 27 10/2/2017 at 09:55 (2,391 days old) by PassatDoc (Orange County, California) | ||
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One thing is certain: aus, ausser, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, und zu brauchen IMMER DATIV. ;) | ||
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Post# 960359 , Reply# 29 10/3/2017 at 04:48 (2,390 days old) by aussie-plugs (Melbourne, Australia) |
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Found it ... Just watched it again. The wringer is in the background ... :-) | ||
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Post# 960363 , Reply# 30 10/3/2017 at 05:55 (2,390 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Waschmangel/Wringmaschine | ||
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Post# 960525 , Reply# 31 10/4/2017 at 01:43 (2,389 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 960545 , Reply# 32 10/4/2017 at 08:27 (2,389 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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German has four cases | ||
| Post# 960550 , Reply# 33 10/4/2017 at 09:41 (2,389 days old) by PassatDoc (Orange County, California) | ||
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Maybe 12,000,000 Germans emigrated to USA 1870-1920 in order to flee German grammar ;) (meine Ururgrosseltern waren in 1878 aus Ostpreußen angekommen----sparsam, fleißig, pünktlich, und sehr, sehr DICKKÖPFIG) | ||
| Post# 960551 , Reply# 34 10/4/2017 at 09:43 (2,389 days old) by PassatDoc (Orange County, California) | ||
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ps when I recite these preposition lists to German speakers, they have no idea that such lists, not to mention their required memorization, even exist. | ||
| Post# 960552 , Reply# 35 10/4/2017 at 09:47 (2,389 days old) by PassatDoc (Orange County, California) | ||
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One aspect of grammar for which I am ridiculed: Konjunktiv I: "Panthera sagte, daß die Speise im neuen Restaurant sehr gut seien (Meinungsfrage)" versus "Panthera sagte, das der neue Restaurant Montags geschlossen ist" (Tatsache) They just laugh and insist that NO ONE uses Konjunktiv I in spoken German any more. They would just use "sind". | ||
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Post# 960623 , Reply# 36 10/4/2017 at 17:08 (2,389 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Another AEG Turnamat Surfaces | ||
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Post# 960639 , Reply# 37 10/4/2017 at 19:29 (2,388 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Ausser mir, | ||
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Post# 960643 , Reply# 38 10/4/2017 at 19:42 (2,388 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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