RE: Special Order of Conservation Quality Garment Hangers

["Ellis, Shirley" <shirley.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jerry,
Are you offering the same price to Canadian institutions?  ie Whatever $190
US happens to be in Cdn funds at any given moment?
 
Also, I don't quite understand what you are saying about the quilt
pads.....are they already ready to use over the hanger or do they need to be
sewn by the purchaser?
 
thanks,
 

Shirley 

Shirley Ellis, MAC, CAPC 
FSO/Conservator 
Department of Human Ecology 
B-20 Human Ecology Building 
University of Alberta 
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2N1 
ph (780) 492-7678  fax (780) 492-4821 
email:  shirley.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxx 
http://www.hecol.ualberta.ca/texconserv.html
<http://www.hecol.ualberta.ca/texconserv.html>  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Shiner [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 1:51 PM
To: texcons@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Special Order of Conservation Quality Garment Hangers


Thanks to everyone who responded to our Hanger Survey last spring. Our
respondents were quite varied in their descriptions of their dream hanger.
Based on the survey's questions we are now prepared to offer the following
hanger that we feel can be adapted to most needs.

HANGER DESCRIPTION:
The 16 ½ inch wide hangers will be made of polypropylene (this plastic will
not emit harmful gases as will wood and some other plastics). These hangers
will have extra wide shoulders (5/16 inch at the neck, flaring to 1 3/8
inches about 2 inches from the shoulder tips). The extra width at the ends
of the shoulders will help to spread the weight more evenly. 
Hangers will have plated steel necks measuring around 6 3/4 inches from the
top of the hook to the top of the hanger (10 inches from the top of the hook
to the bottom of the hanger). This should be adequate for most high collars.

The hanger's shoulders will be sloped at approximately 20 degrees from the
horizontal, which is slightly more than the usual slope of modern garment
hangers. While this slope is not as severe as some modern hangers for
women's suits, it will allow for modification by the addition of padding. 
The hangers may be easily cut with a finetoothed saw and smoothed with a
file or sandpaper to size.

QUILTED PADS FOR HANGERS:
We will also offer quilted pads to be used with the hangers, measuring 18
inches long by 14 inches wide by approximately 1/4 inch thick. The pads will
be made of starch and finish-free, unbleached cotton, with a resin and
starchfree polyester filling. These generously-sized pads may be pierced,
cut, folded, stacked, machine-sewn, hand-basted, glued, wrapped, or tied to
the hangers as you see fit. (You may use one or many layers, make a roll
around the shoulders, use them for filling sleeves, etc.) With some
practice, these should save time and money.

PRICE & AVAILABILITY:
The hangers will be packaged in boxes of 50 pieces at US$190.00/ box ($3.80/
hanger). Pads will also be packaged in boxes of 25 pads at $160.00/ box
($6.40/ pad) No other package sizes, hangers or pads will be available.
Price does not include shipping.

STRINGS ATTACHED:
But here's the rub... Due to the fact that I will be placing custom orders
directly from the manufacturers, I will proceed with the wholesale order
only when I have purchase orders for a total of at least 1,200 hangers! As
well, we will need an order of at least 300 pads in order to have them
assembled and quilted. If you wish to participate, please notify us of your
intentions as soon as possible. (We encourage you to find other buyers split
a box with a friend!) 

I don't want to keep stock, but I may be persuaded if these seems to be a
demand. Please let me know if you intend to make a similar purchase within
the next year, so I can make appropriate plans.

js



Jerry Shiner
Keepsafe Systems 
Supplies and Solutions for Microclimate and Oxygen-free storage
www.keepsafe.ca <http://www.keepsafe.ca/> 
toll-free phone: (800) 683-4696  local phone: (416) 703-4696 fax: (416)
703-5991
Object and Textile Conservation Services Ltd.