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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 230240, member: 25"]It is a reproduction banjo barometer with an anaeroid barometer instead of the mercury barometer the sahpe imitates.</p><p><br /></p><p>1960 to 1980 possibly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do not use weather station as a search term. There would be a few makers of similar objects. The actual maker's name is likely to be irrelevant. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am guessing the term hosed means defective. What is the problem with the barometer? The functioning of an anaeroid barometer can be tested with a large, clear plastic bag. Place the bag filled with air over the barometer head, hold the opening of the bag tightly around the stem to make a more or less air tight seal, and put pressure on the bag. The increase in pressure as you compress the bag should show as a needle deflection on the dial.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any money spent on it would be for your own satisfaction, it would not be worth it in terms of the value of the item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 230240, member: 25"]It is a reproduction banjo barometer with an anaeroid barometer instead of the mercury barometer the sahpe imitates. 1960 to 1980 possibly. Do not use weather station as a search term. There would be a few makers of similar objects. The actual maker's name is likely to be irrelevant. I am guessing the term hosed means defective. What is the problem with the barometer? The functioning of an anaeroid barometer can be tested with a large, clear plastic bag. Place the bag filled with air over the barometer head, hold the opening of the bag tightly around the stem to make a more or less air tight seal, and put pressure on the bag. The increase in pressure as you compress the bag should show as a needle deflection on the dial. Any money spent on it would be for your own satisfaction, it would not be worth it in terms of the value of the item.[/QUOTE]
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