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 Williamdc
  
Location: Grand Rapids
Gender: Female
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< on 12/12/2011 4:06 AM >
|  | | | Before I share my photos, I would just like for everyone to please visit Heinrick's site..
http://jasonryd.com
If it weren't for him, I would not have been able to visit this fantastic location. He was wonderfully generous in sharing several of his findings with me.
Anyways, moving on! This awesome house was a little over a two hour drive from home...which was totally worth it. It's out practically in the middle of nowhere. Smelled TERRIBLE though...definetly would recommend a respirator of some sort, it was really horrid. I'm generally not one for getting freaked out about exploring these places, but while we were there a cherry picker kept circling the house very slowly which made me extremely nervous...as stated before, the place is literally in the middle of nowhere, so I'm not too sure why they were there. I didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked (on top of the fact that I could feel the floor bending underneath my heel...), so not too many photos. I just wanted to see the dang green cupboards.
And again, one more time
http://jasonryd.com
^ GO LOOK AT HIS AWESOME STUFF!
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5.) Odd little vacuum-ish thing...not too sure what it is?
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[last edit 12/12/2011 4:06 AM by Williamdc - edited 1 times]
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MKE_MFGng
Location: The Cream City; Mill-Town; Beer Capital, USA; Milwaukee
Gender: Male
| | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 1 on 12/12/2011 4:26 AM >
| | | | Nice shots , its great to see some actual photography at work where someone puts thought into the pictures they're taking (I can't do it all that well). It woulda made my week to be there with you because the vacuum-looking thingy is actually an electric-powered air compressor, and I really need one of those... so I'm jealous you found it =P. Those old air compressors are great because they last forever, they're built well, they have tons of power, and they use oil to lubricate the moving parts. The oil part is important because some of the oil goes into the compressed air, and while its bad for painting, its good for tools because the oil in the compressed air helps keep the tools lubricated when it flows through them.
Sorry about the little rant on the air compressor, I was just typing my thoughts out loud >.<
Either way, I enjoyed the pics and it seemed like a great day to explore. The house seemed like it was in pretty good shape too which makes me wonder why it smelled. I did take a quick glance at the website posted too, there is a lot of good photography there... plenty of examples to learn from on that site. Nice album though, a beautiful girl in almost every pic and even when there wasn't, you took a shot of some cool old machinery. I like both of those aspects =D
[last edit 12/12/2011 4:26 AM by MKE_MFGng - edited 1 times]
Dude's got the knack! |
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heinrick
  
Location: Cascadia
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 2 on 12/12/2011 5:28 AM >
| | | | Glad you found it! There are a lot more like this in your area to explore. I miss them.
The barn had a lot of treasures in it, too—I'm guessing you were too short on time to check it out? I left behind a wonderful gilded picture frame in there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heinrick05/ |
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MKE-Photog
Gender: Male
I'm so confused
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 3 on 12/12/2011 9:23 PM >
| | | | Michigan one of the best places to visit. You can find homes like this all over the place. Just drive around and look. You can tell whats abandoned and whats not. Here is one I found in the UP of Michigan. I've been back a few times and I still find it incredibly interesting.
http://www.stoppintime.com/?page_id=5663
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Williamdc
Location: Grand Rapids
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 4 on 12/13/2011 5:24 PM >
| | | | Posted by MKE_MFGng
Nice shots , its great to see some actual photography at work where someone puts thought into the pictures they're taking (I can't do it all that well). It woulda made my week to be there with you because the vacuum-looking thingy is actually an electric-powered air compressor, and I really need one of those... so I'm jealous you found it =P. Those old air compressors are great because they last forever, they're built well, they have tons of power, and they use oil to lubricate the moving parts. The oil part is important because some of the oil goes into the compressed air, and while its bad for painting, its good for tools because the oil in the compressed air helps keep the tools lubricated when it flows through them.
Sorry about the little rant on the air compressor, I was just typing my thoughts out loud >.<
Either way, I enjoyed the pics and it seemed like a great day to explore. The house seemed like it was in pretty good shape too which makes me wonder why it smelled. I did take a quick glance at the website posted too, there is a lot of good photography there... plenty of examples to learn from on that site. Nice album though, a beautiful girl in almost every pic and even when there wasn't, you took a shot of some cool old machinery. I like both of those aspects =D
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Gosh, I'm flattered! Thank you!
And it was really only the room with the falling ceiling / insulation that smelled horribly...but man was it bad.
Posted by heinrick
Glad you found it! There are a lot more like this in your area to explore. I miss them.
The barn had a lot of treasures in it, too—I'm guessing you were too short on time to check it out? I left behind a wonderful gilded picture frame in there.
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Dangit no we didn't.  I even made a comment about it too! The damn truck driving around and around us freaked me out too much to linger. Guess that just gives us incentive to go back.  William did find a painting and strange hat / helmet inside the house though.
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Lasso
 
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 5 on 12/13/2011 8:22 PM >
| | | | Sweet! I wanna check out that house sometime too... hopefully when Heinrick is back in MI we can all explore somethin together (and the other MI urbexers)
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heinrick
Location: Cascadia
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 6 on 12/13/2011 8:57 PM >
| | | | Posted by Williamdc
William did find a painting and strange hat / helmet inside the house though.
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Hah! I think that may have been things I intended to carry to my car, but, likewise, the passing vehicles required me to travel light.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heinrick05/ |
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Xanderrrrrr
| | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 7 on 12/13/2011 10:33 PM >
| | | | Wow... super "artsy" shots. Real "beauty in decay," right?
Cliche.
[last edit 12/13/2011 10:33 PM by Xanderrrrrr - edited 1 times]
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CombustibleME
| | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 8 on 12/13/2011 10:40 PM >
| | | | That is a beautiful kitchen. Nice photos.
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Williamdc
Location: Grand Rapids
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 9 on 12/14/2011 2:46 AM >
| | | | Posted by Lasso
Sweet! I wanna check out that house sometime too... hopefully when Heinrick is back in MI we can all explore somethin together (and the other MI urbexers)
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YES!! That would be so fantastic. =]
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Mr Happy Bacon Pants
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<Reply # 10 on 2/1/2012 5:17 AM >
| | | | You wouldn't happen to have more pictures of that organ would you?
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Glass
  
Location: Chicago
as one does
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 12 on 2/3/2012 9:25 PM >
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Ah-proved!
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Captain_Slow
The infamous Buttram Manfist
Location: Dallas, Tx
Gender: Male
Obviously capable of mediocre things.
| | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 13 on 2/3/2012 10:18 PM >
| | | | More abandoned, less hipster
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Mr Happy Bacon Pants
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<Reply # 15 on 2/4/2012 6:24 PM >
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Dude, that's an old Victorian parlor reed organ, and a beautiful one at that. Do you have any idea how rare that thing is? And it appears to be in good shape. Does it work by chance? You tell by pumping those pedals at the bottom will produce the sounds through the reeds in the back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_organ . It looks like one of the pedals has come undone, but you can still tell if the pump works by moving the one pedal.
Looks to be mid to late 1800s. Can you tell the brand? That's what I was really trying to figure out, her feet were covering the name.
Either way, you just stumbled across something that should probably be in a museum somewhere, not sitting rotting away in an abandoned house. Hell, I'll buy the house just to save the damn organ .
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heinrick
Location: Cascadia
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 16 on 2/4/2012 6:30 PM >
| | | | Posted by Mr Happy Bacon Pants
Dude, that's an old Victorian parlor reed organ, and a beautiful one at that. Do you have any idea how rare that thing is? And it appears to be in good shape. Does it work by chance? You tell by pumping those pedals at the bottom will produce the sounds through the reeds in the back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_organ . It looks like one of the pedals has come undone, but you can still tell if the pump works by moving the one pedal.
Looks to be mid to late 1800s. Can you tell the brand? That's what I was really trying to figure out, her feet were covering the name.
Either way, you just stumbled across something that should probably be in a museum somewhere, not sitting rotting away in an abandoned house. Hell, I'll buy the house just to save the damn organ .
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It was made by George Woods & Co., out of Massachusetts:
http://www.antique...seum/woods-george/
And yes, it does play. There's a lot on this property I'd like to make off with, but it's patrolled by nosy neighbors. It would be quite an adventure to get the organ out, even with permission.
[last edit 2/4/2012 6:36 PM by heinrick - edited 3 times]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heinrick05/ |
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Williamdc
Location: Grand Rapids
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 18 on 2/10/2012 3:48 AM >
| | | | Posted by Captain_Slow
More abandoned, less hipster
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This is how I like to take my pictures. Sorry it isn't up to your standards.
Posted by shotgun mario
pipe organ is too beautiful to let hipster girl put her dirty heels on it.
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Really no need to be so rude. Sorry you don't approve.
Didn't expect people to get their panties so bunched up about a few photos.
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Captain_Slow
The infamous Buttram Manfist
Location: Dallas, Tx
Gender: Male
Obviously capable of mediocre things.
| | Re: Northern Michigan Old Home
<Reply # 19 on 2/10/2012 7:25 AM >
| | | | Posted by Williamdc
This is how I like to take my pictures. Sorry it isn't up to your standards.
Really no need to be so rude. Sorry you don't approve.
Didn't expect people to get their panties so bunched up about a few photos.
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Don't worry, you'll learn.
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