Fleetwing wrote:

Someone with a Smith Premier totally needs this: https://newlondon.craigslist.org/atq/d/antique-smith-premier/6418987490.html

If I was anywhere near there, and had $250 to spare, I'd buy that up in a heartbeat! I love refinishing desks and other old-school office furniture! 

I prefer to buy the $20 "junk" that's out there in real need of refinishing and turn it into something nice. If it doesn't need to be refinished, I won't. That Smith Premier desk doesn't look too bad. Plus, those decals... 

I assume you're asking about Noiseless the manufacturer versus a Noiseless model (from Remington for example)?

I had wanted to clarify whether he was looking at a Noiseless manufactured model, or a "noiseless" model post 1924 (the year Remington bought out the company); however, given that he mentioned it's a three bank I would assume it's a Noiseless-made typewriter. It's important to distinguish between the two: I have a '19 Noiseless Model 4 and a '26 Remington Noiseless Model 6 and they're worlds apart (I believe there was a Smith-Premier variant of the Model 6 badged as a "noiseless" too). 

As for Underwood, I recall reading somewhere that it was allowed to use the associated 'Noiseless' patents in exchange for Remington being able to use its 'Fanfold' design. Underwood made changes to the design, so they weren't identical machines despite their outward similarities. 

Yes, I meant Noiseless the manufacturer, and the model 4 the model.