Saturday, November 2, 2013

Performance Art



I´m keeping an eye out for a vintage sewing machine with all metal parts, basic functions, etc.  In my search  I keep running across these marvels of engineering of the late 19th and early 20th centuries - elegant, sleek, functional, robust, resiliant, precision instruments still performing more than 120 years later, made by the millions all over the world.


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Beautifully decorated, wrapped in fine casework, they were expensive investments, lately mostly appreciated by collectors. Now, with the crisis, I think prices seem to be coming down. 

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There are a few brands I´ve never heard of:  Jones, Libelle, National, Kayser, Gritzner, Vibra, Naumann.

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They´re even being given makeovers.


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How long does the latest iteration of a cell phone last these days?


An interesting blog about restoring an old singer here.

2 comments:

  1. Vickers was another make, very much like the Singer, I used to love my treadle machine, sorry I ever got rid of it for an electric one.

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  2. Lots of treadle machines available here, some from the 70s. I´ll be getting one of those too, but after we move so there will be someplace to put it.

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