The Maltoni Collection on the Intergastra I

I have been on the Intergastra fair in Stuttgart, where Maltoni showed some machines of his extensive collection. Maybe it could be interesting for some of you so I decided to write a brief report. Out of consideration for our English-speaking espresso nerds I write this report in English. I hope that is fine for all of you.

I haven't counted them but I think there where around 30 machines on the booth. The oldest from the beginning of the 20th century (the vertical machines operated with boiler pressure). Then there where a lot machines of the golden espresso decade (1950 - 1970) as well as some youngtimer.


I won't describe all the machines but a few which can't be seen often.
The next picture shows a Gaggia Internazionale with one group (1954):


Then there was the famous La San Marco Lollobrigida (1955):


A La Cimbali Rubino (second generation from 1956):


An ultra rare La Pavoni Concorso (1956). Interesting is the modular construction that allowed to create machines in different sizes using the same elements:


A Faema Urania with a not so typical back (1956):


A Cambi Olimpic (1956) which hit the market during the time of the Winter Olympic Games in Cortina:


La Dorio Kapitän (1957):


A La Dorio Atlas (1960). The logo from the Maltoni Collection is derived from the side view of this machine:


Continued in the next thread.

 

The Maltoni Collection on the Intergastra II

The next picture shows a prototype of the Faema E61 (1961). It was in the casing of the President but equipped with a pump [Correction: this version was working without pump but with pressure of the water pipe].




Certainly a great youngtimer - the Rancilio Z8 (1971) designed by Marco Zanuso:


A La San Marco Disco Volante (1953):


And a Gaggia Exportazione (1950):



By the way: I have one exemplar of the Maltoni book "Espresso made in Italy" left over. If anyone is interested please write a PM.

Ciao,
Oscar Peterson

 

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Hallo Achmed,
eine gute Frage. Genau das wollte ich Maltoni auch fragen, habe es aber dann vergessen. Ich werde das aber noch klären. Du schreibst, dass Du auch ein Prototyp der E61 hast. Um welches Modell handelt es sich da, wenn es keine Tartaruga ist? Mich würden Bilder sehr interessieren.

Grüße
Oscar Peterson

 

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@Achmed: wie Du Dir schon selbst richtig zusammengereimt hast, funktioniert die auf den Bildern gezeigte Tartaruga mit Leitungsdruck.

 

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@Stefan: Danke. Ich konnte nicht mehr als 10 Bilder in einen einzelnen Beitrag einfügen, deshalb habe ich den Beitrag unterteilt.

 

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For those who are interested: I have written a report of the show with lots of pictures on my homepage.