Best Vacuum Cleaner for Pianos

[Wallace Wilson]

Re the Oreck:

The little portable they show lifting the bowling ball is a trick of
physics.  It's a matter of mating the two surfaces and providing a
little vacuum (suction).  It's mostly in the perfect mating of the
surfaces.

Re the oreck upright (vacuum, not piano!)  -  we had one for 18 mos and
it gave up the ghost.  Oreck would do nothing.  Fortunately, we'd bought
it from Vermont Country Store, and they contacted Oreck.  Vt Ctry Store
paid to have it rebuilt.  3 months after the return, it quit again. 
Consulting with several people in the business, they all say they wish
Oreck put a fraction of their advertising budget into the product
itself.  I can attest to an unprotected motor that allowed pet hair to
get inside.  That's the demise.  I hope you have better luck than I.  I
now use a hoover something for cleaning out pianos.  When it croaks,
I'll probably go with the Eureka.

---Wally Wilson, RPT

mnigh@juno.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
> I have a Hoover Swinger that is now about 25 years old. It has a very
> powerful motor and is a little heavy. The demonstration used in selling
> it was to have the customer lift it to get an idea of the weight and then
> hold the face of the vacuum up to a door or wall or any really flat
> surface and turn it on. Then they turn loose of it and the suction holds
> it up.
> 
> It has a larger cloth bag than most cleaners this size and is
> considerably heavier than most. If you can find one though, it is a very
> reliable vacuum. I just recently bought my wife an Oreck and the little
> vacuum came with it. (It should when considering what I paid!) This is
> the one that lifts the bowling ball. If the attachment were to fit the
> Hoover, I have now doubt that it too would lift the bowling ball.
> 
> Marvin Nigh
> 
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 18:57:42 EDT Jlovekeys@AOL.COM writes:
> > Dear List, Today my Sears canister vacuum bit the dust ( ok a little
> > pun) and
> > I would like to ask if any one has any strong opinions about the
> > selection of
> > a new one. Email me privately if you prefer. Thanks. Jim Love, PTG
> > Associate,
> > Midland,Tx.
> 
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