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This wonderful shop has been around since the 1970s and is one of Tampa’s most unusual. As we move more and more into the digital age, traditional clocks are seen less often in homes, businesses and on wrists. Fans? Well, when was the last time you even saw one of these beauties in a home or shop? Most kids, those under 30 or so, wouldn't recognize one but could tell you what they do. They've seen them in museums. This mechanical genius and determined entrepreneur, store owner Stan Good, takes great pride in selling and repairing clocks of every age and kind and is a recognized expert in the repair of fans…electric fans from decades ago - the metal blade kind that pushed the air around from the late 19th century until roughly the 1950s. And the ones that could do serious damage to a finger if one wasn't careful. Their designs are superb and they did their job well, especially in Florida’s oppressive heat and humidity. As homes and businesses installed central air conditioning, so people could exist in this semi-tropical climate, fans lost out first to whole house attic-mounted units which drew air into the house through windows and exhausted it out roof gables, then to whole house A/C. In this day and age, very few folks even open their windows in many parts of our state. The air runs year-round. Of course “new-fangled” fans can be found at many stores today, plastic, efficient and of great design, but the ones Mr. Good repairs are closer to 50+years old. His shop is filled with clocks of every size and description and a search of nooks and crannies might bring to light other incredible collections. He’s a proud member of the American Fan Collectors Association and probably can’t count the number he owns. The shop’s outside is just wonderful and says immediately what he sell and repairs. A throw-back to another time and a most welcome link to another era when everyone dreamed of owning a Grandfather or fine mantel clock and electric table-top fans showcased our wealth and the latest marvels of electricity, engineering and technology.
Showing posts with label grandfather clock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandfather clock. Show all posts
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Old Clocks and Electric Fans fight the good fight
This wonderful shop has been around since the 1970s and is one of Tampa’s most unusual. As we move more and more into the digital age, traditional clocks are seen less often in homes, businesses and on wrists. Fans? Well, when was the last time you even saw one of these beauties in a home or shop? Most kids, those under 30 or so, wouldn't recognize one but could tell you what they do. They've seen them in museums. This mechanical genius and determined entrepreneur, store owner Stan Good, takes great pride in selling and repairing clocks of every age and kind and is a recognized expert in the repair of fans…electric fans from decades ago - the metal blade kind that pushed the air around from the late 19th century until roughly the 1950s. And the ones that could do serious damage to a finger if one wasn't careful. Their designs are superb and they did their job well, especially in Florida’s oppressive heat and humidity. As homes and businesses installed central air conditioning, so people could exist in this semi-tropical climate, fans lost out first to whole house attic-mounted units which drew air into the house through windows and exhausted it out roof gables, then to whole house A/C. In this day and age, very few folks even open their windows in many parts of our state. The air runs year-round. Of course “new-fangled” fans can be found at many stores today, plastic, efficient and of great design, but the ones Mr. Good repairs are closer to 50+years old. His shop is filled with clocks of every size and description and a search of nooks and crannies might bring to light other incredible collections. He’s a proud member of the American Fan Collectors Association and probably can’t count the number he owns. The shop’s outside is just wonderful and says immediately what he sell and repairs. A throw-back to another time and a most welcome link to another era when everyone dreamed of owning a Grandfather or fine mantel clock and electric table-top fans showcased our wealth and the latest marvels of electricity, engineering and technology.
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