FS: TOL yellow 1958 GE Liberator 40" dual oven color Piano Key range

[firedome]

THE Top of the TOL for GE 1958, as good as it gets. Sunshine Yellow 40" range with Large/Small ovens with stainless steel door liners, Floating Control Panel, Automatic CalRod Selectable Twin Coil Large Burner (works perfectly) 2 small burners, 1 regular large burner, Griddle outlet, Meat Probe Thermometer Display (no probe but often avail on eBay), Piano Key Burner controls with Color Light Displays (different color for each heat range), full Automatic Timer and time controlled A/C outlet, one regular A/C outlet. Built in concealed Full Width Floruescent Lighting. Everything works great, though one small burner has a tad less ooomph than the other, may need new element at some point, readily available. Couple very small nicks on top, have touch-up that matches perfectly. Includes the Original Owners manual and copy of the GE Factory Service Manual for '58 Ranges! Gorgeous Mid- Century Modern TOL range! You pick up in NY or I have a very reasonable shipper who covers Carolinas to Mid-Atlantic and NorthEast to Ohio area. $375

 

[firedome]

L side

controls

 

[firedome]

R side

controls

 

[firedome]

Calrod controller slide pot

wonderful feature - never burn bacon again!

 

[firedome]

Piano Key burner controls

with Color Heat Range Indicators - so 1958!

GE Logo lights up when Full Width Panel Light is activated!

 

[firedome]

This beauty can be yours!

Only selling because the wife wants the 1956 gas Chambers here :-(

 

[pulltostart]

That's a DAMN good-looking range!

 

Lawrence

 

[firedome]

Stainless door liners

don't think too many ranges had this feature...
guess I need to do a clean, cooking is fun, but makes a mess!

Thanks Lawrence!

 

[tomturbomatic]

You might want to do some cooking with the gas stove before getting rid of the electric range.

 

[firedome]

We have...

and will be having both, the 42" Chambers gas cooktop and a 30" electric range, so won't need the 40" electric range any longer. Can't beat gas for saute-ing etc imo, but the electric is good for other stuff, espeailly the end of summer canning. Prefer electric for baking as well... answer: you need to have both!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Very smart! I keep a gas stove outside for use during power failures.

 

[norgeway]

I have both!

But use the gas oven more than the electric, the electric for simmering.

 

[firedome]

Electric really shines

when you gotta really put the heat to something like frying, or the big double decker Pressure Canner that holds 18 pint jars that takes forever with gas but will heat up to steaming in about 7-8 minutes with the electric Big Burner. I like the fast adjustability of gas when doing delicate sauces like a Hollandaise or light sauteeing, however the 2 level Automatic Calrod is almost as good, you can shut off the inner coil for really delicate stuff.

 

[surfertee]

40" yellow GE

Are you still trying to sell the GE yellow 40"??

 

[firedome]

No, sorry...

but she went to a good vintage-loving home in Syracuse last summer... kinda miss her, however overall the '56 definitely has higher quality build, and last of the breed with the lower-able well/burner, plus she has the original griddle, rotisserie, temp probe, auto CalRod, colored light up buttons etc. as well, and is in even better shape.

The pink '56 WILL be up for grabs as we'll be moving to a smaller place and need to get an eye level oven.

 

[firedome]

Oh, and the '56 is a Hotpoint,

which, at that time, was the more DeLuxe line.

 

[ken]

Hotpoint was higher quality than GE? I never knew that. Correct me if Im wrong but Hotpoint was owned and made by GE wasnt it? I always thought Hotpoint was a "junior" to GE. At the same time I have recently seen some HP ranges on here and thought the styling wasnt lacking in any way and in some ways more deluxe compared to GE.

 

[turquoisedude]

I think it depended on the era... My opinion is that a lot of the 50s Hotpoint stuff was pretty innovative compared to GE - well at least for dishwashers... Hotpoint sure beat GE when they introduced the 'double-deck' spray arms in their 1958 dishwashers!! GE didn't have a drop-door spray-arm dishwasher until 1962.

 

[danemodsandy]

Hotpoint....

....Was a luxury brand up into the '60s, with more features than GE.

Eventually, GE turned Hotpoint into a "junior" brand, with lots of parts-sharing between GE and Hotpoint, just different trim - cheaper for Hotpoint. At the low end of Hotpoint's product lines, they did a tremendous business in "builder's specials" - basic appliances for new tract houses and big apartment complexes.

But there was a time when Hotpoint's TOL ranges were the big deal, much more feature-laden than even the vaunted GE Liberators.