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That's an Antonio Merloni machine labeled Gala indeed. Gala is added to the list.
liberator1509
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Gala from both branches
Hi
Yes, and sorry, I stand corrected - Galas by Antonio Merloni (as opposed to Indesit, formerly Merloni Elettrodomestici) do exist, and are also sold in Malta. The Maltese connection is probably an importer one - in the 60s UK Hotpoints were exported as Gala and sold in Malta under that brand - I imagine the importer (Frank Borda) has continued to market Gala as a brand, using other suppliers. Some of their current 'Gala' products look rather like Haier to me. As far as I know, Antonio Merloni mainly wholesale supply washers to importers rather than direct market themselves, so they aren't technically their own brand?
Confusingly, Hotpoint (now Indesit and therefore part of the other Merloni) continued to use the Gala brand to rebadge models now and then for specials in the UK market (i.e. as 'exclusive' lines for particular stores).
Hi
Yes, and sorry, I stand corrected - Galas by Antonio Merloni (as opposed to Indesit, formerly Merloni Elettrodomestici) do exist, and are also sold in Malta. The Maltese connection is probably an importer one - in the 60s UK Hotpoints were exported as Gala and sold in Malta under that brand - I imagine the importer (Frank Borda) has continued to market Gala as a brand, using other suppliers. Some of their current 'Gala' products look rather like Haier to me. As far as I know, Antonio Merloni mainly wholesale supply washers to importers rather than direct market themselves, so they aren't technically their own brand?
Confusingly, Hotpoint (now Indesit and therefore part of the other Merloni) continued to use the Gala brand to rebadge models now and then for specials in the UK market (i.e. as 'exclusive' lines for particular stores).
hotpoint9534
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Weren't Antonio Merloni machines ever badged as Electra in the UK? Electra being the UK electricity boards' brand name.
Tom.
Tom.
dyson2drums
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Sevis... absolute rubbish before they went bust, I remember seeing the older servis from 80's I guess being quite good.
I had a servis m6115 1100rpm washer which lasted 6 motnhs in our house, with repairs more or less every few weeks. Finally it was written off and the Hotpoint aquarius WMA58 came which is still going strong after 6/7 years.
I had a servis m6115 1100rpm washer which lasted 6 motnhs in our house, with repairs more or less every few weeks. Finally it was written off and the Hotpoint aquarius WMA58 came which is still going strong after 6/7 years.
hotpoint9534
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The electronics on the last range of Servis machines would fall over if the wind blew in the wrong direction. Pushing that drum up to spin speeds of 1600rpm caused premature bearing failure too.
Your 1993 'Antonio Merloni' Servis Gem or Rainwave might have lasted a while, but that was because it had a mechanical timer and induction motor and only spun at 800rpm!
Very cheap and cheerful machines when they were purely mechanical and they should have stayed that way and not got too clever with electronics (which Antonio Merloni were clearly no good at).
...ohh and that drum with the 4 shallow paddles was never a good idea.
Tom.
Your 1993 'Antonio Merloni' Servis Gem or Rainwave might have lasted a while, but that was because it had a mechanical timer and induction motor and only spun at 800rpm!
Very cheap and cheerful machines when they were purely mechanical and they should have stayed that way and not got too clever with electronics (which Antonio Merloni were clearly no good at).
...ohh and that drum with the 4 shallow paddles was never a good idea.
Tom.
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