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    07-4-2016 14:43:54  #811

    Uwe
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    Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread

    ztyper wrote:

    (though at least there's no competition when it comes to acquiring typewriters locally)

    Hey, you never know. It could be that there's stiff competition and that's why you're not finding as many machines as you'd like. I used to think that there were only a handful of collectors in my area, but over the years it's become obvious that there are many of them... too many of them for my liking!

    The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
     

    07-4-2016 21:49:13  #812

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    Uwe wrote:

    Repartee wrote:

    Here are the sides...

    Hurray! And many thanks. You have confirmed a suspicion of mine that I could not absolutely prove until I saw those photos. It's a shame that I've never come across those models in my area, and as you pointed out, receiving a shipped standard is an even scarier proposition than it is with a portable.
     

    You would not leave a person in suspense what the suspicion was they were instrumental in confirming?

    I've had mainly good experiences with shipped standards actually - I could not sell swampland in Florida but I seem to be persuasive in getting sellers to spend their entire proceeds on packing and shipping to protect the valuable cultural artifact they have been entrusted with.

    "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
     

    08-4-2016 08:09:00  #813

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    It all has to do with typewriter spotting in films, nothing terribly exciting really, but there was one typewriter that I couldn't positively identify and it had been a pebble in my shoe. One of the reasons I had a hard time identifying this particular typewriter was because in the the film there was only an obstructed side view. I thought that it might have been a T-A model, but it wasn't until I saw your photos that I could finally confirm it and put that one to rest - pebble removed. Thanks.

    The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
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    11-4-2016 15:07:21  #814

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    Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread

    Check it out... Another Smith Premier!
    with the case, two bracket keys (Instead of parenthesis), and.... THE EXTREMELY RARE BRSUH ATTACHMENT!

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Antique-The-SMITH-PREMIER-No-2-TYPEWRITER-/252344889631?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=g0BiSW7eLTKm3r%252FufGJEKRLKZe8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

    Back from a long break.

    Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
     

    12-4-2016 00:07:55  #815

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    Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread

    TypewriterGuy wrote:

    Check it out... Another Smith Premier!
    with the case, two bracket keys (Instead of parenthesis), and.... THE EXTREMELY RARE BRSUH ATTACHMENT!

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Antique-The-SMITH-PREMIER-No-2-TYPEWRITER-/252344889631?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=g0BiSW7eLTKm3r%252FufGJEKRLKZe8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

    Brsuh attachment? Could you enlighten me what it does or is it just a spelling error?

     

    12-4-2016 06:21:30  #816

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    Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread

    Obviously a typing error for 'brush'.

    http://www.typewritermuseum.org/collection/brands/index.php3?machine=smithpr1&cat=ku'A second feature that Smith Premier used as a special selling point, was the circular brush that was mounted inside the machine to clean the type. A separate crank was used to turn the brush (pic 6) around and to bring it up to clean the type.'

     

    13-4-2016 20:39:32  #817

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    IBM Model B
    A dark machine in a dark photo, a muscle car of a typewriter whose oscillating motor whir just needs to be tuned down several octaves. Perhaps a slight trick of perspective, but that note paper in the distance is a standard 8 1/2 x 11" sheet. When the carriage returns OSHA would have required flashing lights and warning beepers if there had been an OSHA in the fifties. It types clear elite with a NOS ribbon which still produces a usable impression 50 years after its use by date, making an oddly small and pale print for such a beast.

    Why own a Selectric when you can own this!

    "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
     

    14-4-2016 05:34:16  #818

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    Yes, I meant brush, and the actual crank is really rare.

    Back from a long break.

    Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
     

    14-4-2016 22:28:14  #819

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    Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread

    I'm now intrigued, Repartee, but I don't see a picture.  There's just a grey icon that has a bar on it that implies I don't have access.

     

    15-4-2016 04:43:40  #820

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    fingertapper wrote:

    I'm now intrigued, Repartee, but I don't see a picture.  There's just a grey icon that has a bar on it that implies I don't have access.

    Aha. Thank you for the feedback. I think KatLondon was saying she could not see the photos but I'm not sure.

    I was using a unadvertised feature of Google Photos which seemed to work - I can see them even not logged on to Typewriter Talk and Uwe apparently can see them - but maybe not for everybody. Back to the drawing board. 

    "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
     

     

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