I wish!!

Haaaa! Thanks, that's so thoughtful of you Beak. I could always bring the Alpina I bought a few months ago (inspired by you) in a competitive bid to see whose is nicer... Or maybe the Hermes 2000 I bought for £3, which was so filthy I thought it was a different colour, and which then had to be brought back from the dead by the Typewriter Man, havong effectively been smnapped in two by the 1970s mwmbership secretary of the British Judo Association. It's a good story, is now very pretty in that dove-grey way, and might be a talking point in Boston. I'll be on the lookout for a 1950s Underwood - and maybe a Champion, too - as you can't get them easily here, and I grew up in the city where they were made. 

And won't they be surprised when we swoop in. ;)  

 

I wish I could have gone.  Anyone care to file a report?

It was great fun! Mostly people just milled around and tried out machines, but there was also a speed typing contest -- the first page of Moby-Dick. People strolling by on the street stopped to chat and type as well. On the way back to my car I could hear a dad carefully explaining to his small daughter how typewriters work.

For you (relatively) locals, these are held 1-2 times a year, so there may be another in the spring. At cambridgetypewriter.com you'll see a link to the blog where the event is announced.

Thanks for this -- I really need to try and come to the next one.