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1969 Royal 560 Serial # 560-13-9428254 1969 Royal 560 typewriter, Serial # 560-13-9428254 Taylor Harbin's 1969 Royal 560 typewriter. 2015-08-30 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Taylor Harbin: 1969 Royal 560 Serial # 560-13-9428254 This electric is one of the biggest I have. I found it at an antique mall and just so happened to meet the owner, who wanted to get it out of his booth. So, he gave me a reduced price. I have almost zero knowledge about these machines as a whole. To my knowledge, this is the only one on the database.

The tabulating system doesn't work right. When you set a tab stop, it will interfere with the carriage escapement and halt the machine if you're typing. The backspace will sometimes jam the carriage if you go to close to the left margin.

Other than that, it's a very interesting typewriter. This one was clearly used a lot. The previous owner thinks it was once a school machine. No touch control, but the touch is nice. Type too fast and you can cause the type bars to hit each other. Even on my big desk, the carriage return will cause a lot of vibrations and wobble. The noise of the motor is like a deep hum, similar to a washing machine.

1969 Royal 560 #560-13-9428254

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Taylor Harbin (THarbin328)
Created: 08-30-2015 at 06:13AM
Last Edit: 08-30-2015 at 07:02AM

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This electric is one of the biggest I have. I found it at an antique mall and just so happened to meet the owner, who wanted to get it out of his booth. So, he gave me a reduced price. I have almost zero knowledge about these machines as a whole. To my knowledge, this is the only one on the database.

The tabulating system doesn't work right. When you set a tab stop, it will interfere with the carriage escapement and halt the machine if you're typing. The backspace will sometimes jam the carriage if you go to close to the left margin.

Other than that, it's a very interesting typewriter. This one was clearly used a lot. The previous owner thinks it was once a school machine. No touch control, but the touch is nice. Type too fast and you can cause the type bars to hit each other. Even on my big desk, the carriage return will cause a lot of vibrations and wobble. The noise of the motor is like a deep hum, similar to a washing machine.

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