secured a French language ("QWERTZboard") one of these over the weekend, which is delightful.
But fully a third of the keys across the machine have been replaced over its life, by the newness / brighter white of them.  Don't know if they were the most-commonly used. And the margin release key snapped off in shipping. Which suggests to me that original owner had replaced several and had breakage issues. They seem brittle like 60+ years old plastic would be.
Were replacement keys sold as a matter of course for these back in the day?
Does anyone have a line on someone who might have a stash they sell from?
I know this is getting into "keychopper" territory and I should probably just get a parts machine and go from there. But it is fascinating to learn about how thee expensive and prized machines existed in peoples' lives once upon a time. They were certainly maintained, not replaced!
Thanks!