Just picked up a 1946 Smith-Corona Super-Speed, and it works quite well. I still need to clean it some more and it will be even better. But one thing I notice is that the letters are not aligned too well vertically, i.e. they aren't all right on the typing line. The a seems consistently a little below, for instance.

These machines do not have the traditional slotted segment, but rather, each typebar has its own set of bearings, as I understand it. It also appears that each typebar, or pair, has a screw that holds in in place. Does anyone know whether those screws are the way to adjust the alignment? It would seem to me to be a pretty tedious process, since it would require 1) actually getting to the screws (under the typebars) and then 2) by trial and error gently tweaking the typebars up or down by a fraction of a millimeter. Or is there another way?

I will say that I have a S-M Deluxe Secretarial of maybe ten years' later vintage, which has the more common slotted segment, and it has the same issue. (Both machines have elite font, if that makes a difference.) Maybe this is just typical for a well-used S-M standard of 60-70 years ago?