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Numerous 1950's Westinghouse questions |
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Post# 229902 , Reply# 1   8/12/2007 at 14:20 (6,101 days old) by travis ()   |   | |
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This is the one that came with the set |
Post# 229903 , Reply# 2   8/12/2007 at 14:23 (6,101 days old) by travis ()   |   | |
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This is the other dryer that has the button by the timer. |
Post# 229905 , Reply# 3   8/12/2007 at 14:27 (6,101 days old) by decodriveboy (FL, US)   |   | |
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that is one nice set and I envy you! :) How is the washing and drying performance? |
Post# 229911 , Reply# 4   8/12/2007 at 14:39 (6,101 days old) by mielabor ()   |   | |
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What is a xylophone in this context? I only know a xylophone as a musical instrument. |
Post# 229912 , Reply# 5   8/12/2007 at 14:44 (6,101 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 229920 , Reply# 7   8/12/2007 at 15:13 (6,101 days old) by mielabor ()   |   | |
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Well, I had never heard of a dryer with a xylophone before. It is certainly more sophisticated than the ordinary buzzer that can be very annoying, especially when it is from the neighbour's dryer late at night :) |
Post# 229937 , Reply# 8   8/12/2007 at 16:38 (6,101 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Travis, glad you got these. One of my mom's best friends had the "other" dryer, the one with the button to the right of the timer. I believe that was an "auto dry" option. This is the first time I've seen this particular dryer since I was 13. I don't think anyone else here has that dryer with the button. I vaguely remember someone here saying the button simply popped out when the clothes were dry and there wasn't any kind of "cool down". My mom's friend had a 1955 Unimatic. That washer and dryer went from Houston, to Dallas, and on to a suburb of San Francisco. They werre both still running when my mom's friend decided she wanted to update her laundry with a poppy 1/18 set in 1974 or so. |
Post# 229942 , Reply# 9   8/12/2007 at 16:57 (6,101 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 229991 , Reply# 10   8/12/2007 at 19:24 (6,101 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 229998 , Reply# 11   8/12/2007 at 19:53 (6,101 days old) by travis ()   |   | |
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I want one! |
Post# 230030 , Reply# 13   8/12/2007 at 21:06 (6,101 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 230058 , Reply# 14   8/12/2007 at 22:30 (6,101 days old) by decodriveboy (FL, US)   |   | |
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How does the tune to "How Dry I Am" go? |
Post# 230072 , Reply# 15   8/12/2007 at 23:07 (6,101 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)   |   | |
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Styling-wise, whatever year they are, they are the same. I'd say they were 55s -- perhaps the one with the xylophone was one made available in Dec. 54 or so? I dunno my 55 doesn't have one. "How dry I am" you'll know it when you hear it. |
Post# 230087 , Reply# 16   8/13/2007 at 01:10 (6,101 days old) by liamwa ()   |   | |
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How dry I am. CLICK HERE TO GO TO liamwa's LINK |
Post# 230167 , Reply# 18   8/13/2007 at 09:22 (6,100 days old) by 63getelevision ()   |   | |
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Couldn't resist this. Sorry it's somewhat off topic. Great Westinghouses! CLICK HERE TO GO TO 63getelevision's LINK |
Post# 230268 , Reply# 20   8/13/2007 at 17:30 (6,100 days old) by mielew4840 ()   |   | |
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I must say american apliance engineers had a weird kind of humor back in the 50's Any Ideas of what a dryer could sound like nowadays? |
Post# 230270 , Reply# 21   8/13/2007 at 17:34 (6,100 days old) by mielew4840 ()   |   | |
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How long does a dry cycle take? I believ It must take very long, because of the poor spinning performance of the westinghouse washer! |
Post# 230288 , Reply# 22   8/13/2007 at 18:43 (6,100 days old) by washertalk ()   |   | |
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would be rap. Something like ... musice -(pomm pomm pity pomm pomm, pomm pomm pity pomm pomm) lyrics- "Yo bitch, ya clothes is done. Yo' clothes be done, (refrain) clothes be done, clothes be done..." |