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Westinghouse dryer caliope
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I should get this and add it to my 1960 W dryer!
Jerry, yes you should!!!!
Now to figure out to wire it up....anyone have a wiring diagram from a dryer that came with it?
Jerry, I have the diagram for my 1953 Westinghouse dryer that has the musical signal. It's in a PDF format but I could also print it and mail to you if this helps. Just send me a PM to let me know what works best for you.
Calliopes were high pressure steam powered.
Calliopes can also be blown with high pressure air-50-90 PSI safer than steam.Some older calliopes are used that way today.All you need is an air compressor large enough to blow the calliope and a regulator.
since I have to still fix the blower wheel issue I am dropping out of the bidding war...hope it goes to a good home
I bought it
Since I did not see that anyone else from here was bidding. I bid and won. Turquoisedude I could use the wiring diagram. I will have to put it in my 57 westy
thanks
John
Since I did not see that anyone else from here was bidding. I bid and won. Turquoisedude I could use the wiring diagram. I will have to put it in my 57 westy
thanks
John
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Calliope
When my brother and I were children, there was a comic strip called Buzz Sawyer. It was part of what are now called "cold war comics" about the Air Force pilot John Singer Sawyer and his adventures, but on Sunday, the strip was given over to his service pal Roscoe Sweeney who had retired to Florida where he owned an orange grove. Sweeney and his wife had many friends who made appearances in the strip including his uncle who traveled with a steam-powered circus calliope. It was noted for its great volume and the spray which dampened those close to it during performances his uncle gave. Before we could read, we would sit on the sofa with a bowl of potato chips so salty they would make the corners of your lips burn and daddy would read us the Sunday funnies.
I was reading the other day about the momentous step in a child's life that happens when he or she learns to read by himself. It is bittersweet because it is a step toward independence for the child, but it is a step that begins the end of dependence on the parents for interpreting print media for children. Today that is not as big a thing as it was before all of the media we have today, but I still fondly remember my parents reading to us.
When my brother and I were children, there was a comic strip called Buzz Sawyer. It was part of what are now called "cold war comics" about the Air Force pilot John Singer Sawyer and his adventures, but on Sunday, the strip was given over to his service pal Roscoe Sweeney who had retired to Florida where he owned an orange grove. Sweeney and his wife had many friends who made appearances in the strip including his uncle who traveled with a steam-powered circus calliope. It was noted for its great volume and the spray which dampened those close to it during performances his uncle gave. Before we could read, we would sit on the sofa with a bowl of potato chips so salty they would make the corners of your lips burn and daddy would read us the Sunday funnies.
I was reading the other day about the momentous step in a child's life that happens when he or she learns to read by himself. It is bittersweet because it is a step toward independence for the child, but it is a step that begins the end of dependence on the parents for interpreting print media for children. Today that is not as big a thing as it was before all of the media we have today, but I still fondly remember my parents reading to us.
I didn't know about these, so I searched on YouTube... Here's a pair of videos of what these sound like:
Actually the device in the Westinghouse dryer could be considered a MUSIC BOX rather than a "Calliope".A Calliope-something like a pipe organ-is blown by steam or high pressure compressed air.It was years ago when I was in Jr high visited the Barnum and Bailey circus museum in Sarasota,Florida-the display showed it being blown with standard 100PSI compressed air rather than steam.For the display the air is cheaper and safer.The Calliopes I knew of can be played by hand at their keyboard or from a music roll.
