1938 Remington Bantam #C146888
Status: My Collection
Hunter: John Munroe (jamunroe)
Created: 11-24-2017 at 01:37AM
Last Edit: 11-25-2017 at 12:29AM
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Description:
"Ping"
This brilliant typer goes beyond its description as a toy. Light, snappy, action and clear output. Missing the ? slug and the left spool post. Two right spools also. No case. Otherwise in fantastic shape and types clean for a machine of its age. Love that upper case sans-serif. No margins, line space lever, ribbon selector, touch selector, margin release, tabs, paper support. This typer is all charm. Traded from Ping Amranand in Tokyo Nov. 22, 2017. Thanks Ping!!
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Hunter: John Munroe (jamunroe)
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From Toronto Canada. Tokyo-based entrepreneur since 1998 and meditation teacher since 2000. Learned to type in Grade 9 following mind-altering lunches and still experience flashbacks while typing. Mother did shorthand and typed 90 wpm as stenographer, dad pecked out haiku on his old typewriter as long as I remember. Moved to thermal printing, 8-character display CanoWord Pen 24 in 1986 when my typewriter broke, then to FujiXerox, Mac and iPhone. Bought my first typewriter of the new millennium (a Lettera 32) in March 2015. Muscle memory has graduated to neural reboot--every moment at the typewriter brings back fresh memories of type-happy childhood and visions of literary grandeur. Use typewriter for inspiration/rough drafts and computer/iPhone (Scrivener/Evernote) for polishing.
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