Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Carmine,

Tom Baird left the Kirby company to form Bairdmeter INC. He sold the suction tester nozzle plates for the Kirby demo, as well as the dirt meter, (single and stackable,) The cloth tube with the black cloths held in place with a round spring was called a 'Baird' meter. He also sold the airflow meter that went on the front of the Kirby to show airflow, and could be used to ' kill' canister vacuums by showing decreased airflow as the distance between the cleaner and working hose end increased. Because he dealt with the distributors directly he made a lot of money to the consternation of the Kirby company.  It was the distributors who told Kirby to leave Tom Baird alone if they wanted to keep their distributor netwwork, because KIrby was not interested in making demo equipment, not really.

I heard that Baidrmeter had also bought out Tom Butz, the maker of formula. I also heard that Kirby bought out Tom Baird's widow. I have no idea if any of the products Baird manufactured are still produced by Kirby today. I cannot find Bairdmeter, or Formula on the net

Regards,

Trebor

Ah, Carmine,
To be witty, kind, and self-effacing all at once is truly a gift.
Thank you. You are an inspiration.

Trebor

Ah, Carmine,
To be witty, kind, and self-defacating all at once is truly a gift.
Thank you. You are an inspiration.

Trebor

I try hard.  Thank you.

Carmine D.

You have been very successful at part of it.

Thank you.  God rewards the effort, not the result!

Carmine D.

All that effort to accomplish the success I referred to creates a foul smell.

All that effort to accomplish the success I referred to creates a foul smell.

Perhaps it's a result of where you put your nose!

Carmine D.