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189X Peoples Index Serial # n/a 189X Peoples Index typewriter, Serial # n/a Guillermo Fernandez Boan's 189X Peoples Index typewriter. 2017-04-30 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Guillermo Fernandez Boan: 189X Peoples Index Serial # n/a This index typewriters lacks its wooden cover and the inking device (as there is no serial number I can not imagine if the inking was by roller and reservoire or by the strange ribbon loop that covers the brass typewheel of the second model).
As a Merritt is a pleasure to type with (of course I assume you are not in a hurry if you are using an index typewriter), this People is not nice at all. Where the Merritt looks and feels sturdy, the Peoples looks and feels feeble, unreliable.
They make an ultimate attempt with ribbon and two spools (in order to rid of from the unefficient inking methods of the first models), and even use a sound name to the last examples (Champion). The championship (if any) was not for them. This index typewriter (even with a proper inking method) is not a good one.
I've made an attempt to bring a typeface specimen sample, take a look and see what i've get (using carbon paper). Awful.

189X Peoples Index #n/a

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Guillermo Fernandez Boan (ORTBRAKER)
Created: 04-30-2017 at 10:50AM
Last Edit: 04-30-2017 at 10:55AM

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This index typewriters lacks its wooden cover and the inking device (as there is no serial number I can not imagine if the inking was by roller and reservoire or by the strange ribbon loop that covers the brass typewheel of the second model).
As a Merritt is a pleasure to type with (of course I assume you are not in a hurry if you are using an index typewriter), this People is not nice at all. Where the Merritt looks and feels sturdy, the Peoples looks and feels feeble, unreliable.
They make an ultimate attempt with ribbon and two spools (in order to rid of from the unefficient inking methods of the first models), and even use a sound name to the last examples (Champion). The championship (if any) was not for them. This index typewriter (even with a proper inking method) is not a good one.
I've made an attempt to bring a typeface specimen sample, take a look and see what i've get (using carbon paper). Awful.

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the holes underneath the wooden base are neccesary in order to operate the typewriter
the holes underneath the wooden base are neccesary in order to operate the typewriter




release two screws and you can replace the index lettering (and another screw and you can change the brass typewheel)
release two screws and you can replace the index lettering (and another screw and you can change the brass typewheel)

Hunter: Guillermo Fernandez Boan (ORTBRAKER)

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