1940's Frigidaire Stove plus piano!

[chad_hauris]

Here is a late 40's or early 50's Frigidaire I got at the thrift store for $30.00. Also there was an old piano that they let us have for free. This is our shop truck which has probably hauled more than 20 tons of organs, pianos, jukeboxes, refrigerators, etc.

 

[chad_hauris]

Closeup of range.

 

[bobofhollywood]

player piano

Hey - that's a PLAYER piano!~

Does it still have all it's guts? Those things are a BLAST when they're working.

QRS, the piano roll people, once had a poster that read 'owning a player piano and 100 QRS player rolls means happiness as long as you live'.

Cool range, too.

Bob

 

[sukething]

I have to admit....

Player pianos can be lots of fun. I have had it for about 10 years now and do enjoy putting in my QRS rolls and let it play. Mine is a Weber which was built for Colorado specifically, which I was told when I bought it, due to the high altitude and dry climate. It is an anitque, bought at a local place that sold used painos.

David

 

[exploder3211]

Nice stove.. LoL... It took me a minute to spot the stove behind the piano..

 

[danemodsandy]

Your Stove

Hi:

Boy, does that bring back some memories! It's early 1950s; we had a '49 that was similar, but that had a different backguard. It was otherwise very similar to yours; the oven timer, knobs, clock and door trim were the same.

You might like to know that this generation of Frigidaire appliances was- at least initially- designed by Raymond Loewy in 1949. He gave the entire product lineup a much more streamlined and purposeful look than it had had before. What is unclear at this point is whether the yearly changes after '49 were all Loewy's work. He MAY have done them, or it may be that GM had their own in-house people do them. I am actively researching this issue, and I'll be glad to tell you what I find out. What is definite is that the basic shape of your range and the styling themes seen in its trim are by Raymond Loewy, even if every last detail is not.

Neat, neat find. By the way, I feel for you loading that onto the truck. Ours died in 1974 or so, and I STILL remember how much the damn thing weighed getting it out to the curb.

 

[chad_hauris]

Thanks for the information! Yes, it is incredibly heavy, thank goodness for the Tommy Lift on the truck.

It is in the barn at home now...there is an enclosed room in the barn which was used kind of as a kitchen so I may try to put it in there. There is 220 volt service out there so I will actually be able to use it. No room in the house as I have a similar vintage Hotpoint in there in the kitchen.

The piano is a Hobart Cable which was left in the snow and rain for a while. Still is in tune but will need to rejuvenate the key mechanism as the wood is swelled up and the key pivot pins rusted. The player mechanism is not in this one but I do have 2 players at home (still in need of repair though!) and we are working on one at our shop now.

 

[toggleswitch]

Stove:

My instinct says it's gas... but you never know with all the surprises one learns of here.

Please confirm!

 

[toggleswitch]

NEVERMIND.! LOL

Just saw the hook-up post DUH!

 

[appnut]

Toggle, I thought the same thing, given the rounded style and the way the control knobs on the front were. BUT, Frigidaire hadn't even thought of natural gas way back when.

 

[danemodsandy]

Like Man, HEAVY

Chad:

Imagine carting one of those babies down 300 feet of driveway with only one helper and no dolly.

Of course, I WAS in my early twenties then...

 

[abcomatic]

Love the piano and the stove. I have a 1916 Waltham player with lots of QRS and other rolls. Cable pianos were built in Oregon.IL a long time back. Have fun with the restoration of both the stove and piano. Gary

 

[badata]

piano

check the sound board on the piano.........if its damaged the piano will never again play correctly.

 

[abcomatic]

Piano

If the soundboard is cracked and not pulling away from the ribs, then it is possible to have it repaired. Gary