They prefer the simplicity and old-fashioned appearance of vintage stoves, refrigerators, washers and dryers to the frost-free, computer-controlled, sleek-silhouetted appliances of the present. What most people throw away, Snyder and other old-appliance buffs treasure. ``It was kind of preserved, because it had so much grease and stuff on it,'' she remembers. She bought it for about $50 and spent three days taking it apart to clean it.

Snyder figures the range was made in the 1920s, a long-legged beauty that the Akron real estate agent found in the basement of an old house she was showing. The appliance looks really neat in the kitchen of her century-old house, and she can use her microwave-convection oven in the pantry instead. It doesn't bother Snyder that the uninsulated oven puts out so much heat that she can't use it in summer. In winter, it also serves as a space heater. There are the burners with the extra holes that make a nice flame and can be turned way down, the handy shelf over the stove and the open space underneath that's perfect for storing pans, the green marbled trim that creates a crisp contrast to the off-white enamel surface. Jack SantoroР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs Antique Stove VirtualР вЂќР вЂЎor vintage appliance lovers, older is often betterР вЂќР’В«arbara Snyder's gas range has quite a few unusual features. Wall Street Journal.vintage appliance buffs on Refrigerators, TheР вЂќР вЂћppliance Doctor Radio Show.

Tribune.Lighting the stove with a match is eliminated, The Holidays, including membership to The Old Appliance Club. Hetts, Universal Press Syndicated Columnist, also known to thousandsР вЂќР вЂћnd Canada as 'Mr. Interviews with TOAC where Everything Old Is New Again!

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