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1925 Corona 4 Serial # H605744 1925 Corona 4 typewriter, Serial # H605744 Mac Derscheid's 1925 Corona 4 typewriter. 2018-07-18 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mac Derscheid: 1925 Corona 4 Serial # H605744 Was in fairly poor shape. Recently repaired drawstring. Right side carriage knob missing. Restored platen by sanding, then covering with brake fluid for a short time. Also gave the machine a good cleaning. This machine also originally comes from Des Moines, Iowa, although from a different dealer than my Corona 3.

The typing sample shows some clear issues. Certain characters are noticeably misaligned in relation to the rest.

1925 Corona 4 #H605744

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mac Derscheid (mderscheid)
Created: 11-21-2016 at 07:47PM
Last Edit: 07-18-2018 at 11:23AM


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Was in fairly poor shape. Recently repaired drawstring. Right side carriage knob missing. Restored platen by sanding, then covering with brake fluid for a short time. Also gave the machine a good cleaning. This machine also originally comes from Des Moines, Iowa, although from a different dealer than my Corona 3.

The typing sample shows some clear issues. Certain characters are noticeably misaligned in relation to the rest.

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A fun old newspaper style effect I like to apply to my older machines.
A fun old newspaper style effect I like to apply to my older machines.

Hunter: Mac Derscheid (mderscheid)

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My first experience with a typewriter came when I was around 6 years old, every time I visited my grandmother I would go type on her Smith Corona electronic typewriter. Back in early 2012, my mother stumbled across the USBTypewriter project, and I was hooked instantly. I quickly bought a kit, and in June 2012 I purchased the machine to be used with it: my beautiful late model Royal 10. Later that year I stopped at an antique store, and found another machine: this time a Remington Rand Model 7. I thought I would buy just one more. Then later, one more. And then one more. Pretty soon I amassed around 30 machines, and that number is still growing today! I hope to get them all uploaded here soon so that I actually have a count on my typewriters, because I lost count long ago.



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