1949 Gossen Tippa #7941
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
Created: 11-09-2023 at 01:21PM
Last Edit: 11-09-2023 at 01:22PM
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Description:
Purchased from a seller in Croatia in Oct 2023. German QWERTZ keyboard. This early Tippa is in very nice cosmetic condition, however the carriage return lever is bent down far enough to prevent its passing over the machine, thus typing across a full page is not currently possible. Additional photos and a type sample will be posted once repair has been completed.
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Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
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I'm a semi-retired software/web developer with a now eight-year-old grandson, Jaxon, who is crazy about typewriters. In late 2021, at age six, Jaxon got a Montgomery Ward Escort 350 portable from Goodwill that absolutely fascinated him. He still takes it everywhere, and remains especially pleased that it has a key for the number one. He considers his Escort to be our best typer, but I think that honor goes to our second generation 1969 Hermes 3000. Jaxon's got me hooked, and now--between us--we have a growing collection of writing machines. Together, we've set up and equipped a small workshop area and, whenever we get the chance, we clean and perform minor repairs on our typewriters. Now that Jaxon's reading and writing skills are steadily improving, he rarely needs anyone to tell him how to spell the words he wants to type.
Newer to typewriter collecting than Jaxon, I am particularly interested in ultraportables and portables, and have developed a special fondness for Gossen, Hermes, and Rooy machines. I am also very interested in any brand/model with a HCESAR keyboard layout. A collector-at-heart--I have long collected West Indian fiction (40+ years) and Haitian art (30+ years)--I am old enough to have owned and regularly used typewriters back in the pre-PC days.
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