<HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Oh, but it does blow, just flip up the little orange cover at the exhaust end, attach the hose, and voila', instant hair dryer. <br><br>-Mark<br><br>------- Original Message -------<br>From: "David's Email" <<a href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>To: "Pianotech" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br>Sent: 08-10-27, 9:18:03 PM<br>Subject: vacuums<br><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16735" name=GENERATOR><STYLE></STYLE></HEAD><BODY bgColor=#ffffff><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll third the Hoover PortaPower
Commercial. </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The most important thing to remember don't get one
with wheels...</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've never tried blowing with mine so I don't think
it does it...</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I second the Hoover PortaPower endorsement. I've
been using mine for <BR>about 30 years, and it shows no sign of ever giving up.
I received an <BR>Oreck portable as a bonus for buying the Oreck upright (a
good, <BR>lightweight machine), but it was so noisy that I soon went back to my
<BR>trusty Hoover. There are two on eBay right now for very few dollars, for
<BR>example: <A href="http://tinyurl.com/5nrrvs">http://tinyurl.com/5nrrvs</A></FONT></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Mark Schecter</FONT></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:BobDavis88@aol.com">BobDavis88@aol.com</A> wrote:<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> The Hoover PortaPower Commercial is such a beast, and is
available on <BR>> Ebay. I know, because I just got one recently, due to my
ancient <BR>> PortaPower taking one too many dives. It's powerful, and while
not <BR>> quiet, at least the noise is commensurate with the power. It comes
with <BR>> a set of wands and brushes, and has a shake-out-able cloth filter
<BR>> instead of expensive bags.<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML></BODY></HTML>