Typewriter Talk / Scheidegger Princess

**Posted by Pete E.** 07-1-2024 17:23:47

Richard Polt got the User-Manual up on his web site.

It is in the S-section for "Scheidegger Princess-Matic".
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https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/ScheideggerPrincessMatic.pdf
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**Posted by robmck** 22-1-2024 20:21:39

Looks like not all Scheideggers wore a beige suit: Vintage Princess 300 Typewriter by Keller U. Knappich (West Germany) - R26 | eBay

I'm guessing those key caps pop right off and you've got a classic Princess 300 with the usual branding and color scheme (with an original Scheidegger warrantee card).

**Posted by Pete E.** 23-1-2024 08:10:45

Rob,

I found this photo in the TWDB galleries when I was on the hunt for my machine.
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**Posted by Pete E.** 23-1-2024 08:16:50

The risk of buying this one on eBay...one does not know if the layout is QWERTY or another...

As Clint Eastwood would say... " Do you feel lucky, punk ? "

**Posted by robmck** 23-1-2024 10:06:07

Ha! Good Dirty Harry reference.

I would love to find a set of the keycaps and the typing instruction manual.

I'm pretty sure the one I linked to would be QWERTY given that the warrantee is out of the London office. I'm a little tempted, but I'm trying not to get duplicate machines.

**Posted by Pete E.** 25-1-2024 11:59:43

Well the 300 on eBay UK went hammer down for $ 65 USD and another $ 70 in shipping if the buyer was in the USA.

Compared to the asking prices on eBay for other 300's, this seemed to be a decent price.
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**Posted by Pete E.** 26-1-2024 11:26:10

Found this photo of another Princess-Matic with a type of name-plate on the ribbon cover that is not a water-slide decal.
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**Posted by Pete E.** 26-1-2024 11:30:36

Here is the R. Messenger web site where I found the photo. Lots and lots of great info. about the Scheidegger School and the various typewriters used for the program.
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https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2014/02/willy-scheidegger-typewriters-typomat.html

**Posted by Pete E.** 26-1-2024 11:42:42

And more here from an earlier blog posting by R. Messenger :

https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2011/03/typewriting-schools-who-was-willy_06.html

**Posted by robmck** 27-1-2024 18:39:07

Thanks Pet. Reading the comments on the earlier piece was almost as interesting as the article itself, with so many commenters who either attended or were employed by Scheidegger schools.