Looking for a used New Hall's Wheels chair as Bob Hall has stopped making chairs and has fallen off the planet. Anyone looking to part with one (17 wide X 16 deep), please let me know. Will pay top dollar for one in good shape. Anyone wityh ideas..............thanks!!! Happy New Year
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Wtb A Used New Hall's Wheels Chair !
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, Jan 01 2008 09:02 PM
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Posted 01 January 2008 - 11:04 PM
Hi MJRCPD,
I am sure that you have seen the following already, if only because it dates back to '05, but thought I would post it anyway, in case you haven't:
HALLMARK Chair Info @ usatechguide.org
It states:
On of the comments left after that entry states:
I hope this is of some use, if only to confirm halls isn't in business anymore.
After reading the above, I wondered if he has sold the 'halls' chair on, and if its still around under another name? I am sure that Sunrise Medical would have done that with Marilyn Hamilton's I and the 2 engineers she had build them originally) "Quickie", if it hadn't been so catchy (and probably in the deal
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I hope that you find one!,..or at very least find the chair for you.
Take care,
K
I am sure that you have seen the following already, if only because it dates back to '05, but thought I would post it anyway, in case you haven't:
HALLMARK Chair Info @ usatechguide.org
It states:
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Not a week goes by that I don’t receive an email inquiring about the status of this wheelchair. People wanting to know where to get one, how to buy one, and are they as good as legend has it. Others write asking about Bob Hall, the designer and manufacturer. Has anyone seen him? Is he okay? Will he be back in business?
As far as the questions go, I certainly don’t have the answers to them. What I can say from experience- I have never met a Hallmark owner who didn’t LOVE this wheelchair, or a rigid frame wheelchair user who didn’t want one. For many wheelheads and wheelchair users, the Hallmark was the quintessential chair, a renaissance chair so to say. This is the one they will be measuring all other rigids against for a long time to come.
As far as the questions go, I certainly don’t have the answers to them. What I can say from experience- I have never met a Hallmark owner who didn’t LOVE this wheelchair, or a rigid frame wheelchair user who didn’t want one. For many wheelheads and wheelchair users, the Hallmark was the quintessential chair, a renaissance chair so to say. This is the one they will be measuring all other rigids against for a long time to come.
On of the comments left after that entry states:
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Eric, October 27, 2007:
I know Bob Hall. My brother works with him at the BAA and I used to live in Cambridge, MA. I own a Newhall’s chair, have since 2000, and I LOVE it! Problem is it is time for a new one and because Bob no longer makes chairs, I’m STUCK!! After much research, I’ve come to find a manufacturer called RGK out of Canada. They make a chair very similar to Bob’s chair. As a matter of fact, the sales rep I’ve been talking to knows Bob. All the same, I am REALLY at odds over the fact I can’t get another chair from Bob. I would be SO happy if he’d come back and start up his business again.
I know Bob Hall. My brother works with him at the BAA and I used to live in Cambridge, MA. I own a Newhall’s chair, have since 2000, and I LOVE it! Problem is it is time for a new one and because Bob no longer makes chairs, I’m STUCK!! After much research, I’ve come to find a manufacturer called RGK out of Canada. They make a chair very similar to Bob’s chair. As a matter of fact, the sales rep I’ve been talking to knows Bob. All the same, I am REALLY at odds over the fact I can’t get another chair from Bob. I would be SO happy if he’d come back and start up his business again.
I hope this is of some use, if only to confirm halls isn't in business anymore.
After reading the above, I wondered if he has sold the 'halls' chair on, and if its still around under another name? I am sure that Sunrise Medical would have done that with Marilyn Hamilton's I and the 2 engineers she had build them originally) "Quickie", if it hadn't been so catchy (and probably in the deal
)I hope that you find one!,..or at very least find the chair for you.
Take care,
K
Ex Nurse (med retired)
Connective tissue disorder & associated paralysis.
Connective tissue disorder & associated paralysis.
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