1905 Williams Academy #18252

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Lukas Klein (Schreibmaschinenmensch01)
Created: 12-03-2023 at 01:48PM
Last Edit: 11-10-2024 at 06:10AM

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Description:

This is a Williams Academy, this machine is a recycled Williams 2. The Williams Academy differs from the Williams 2 in the wide spacebar and the high nickel-plated bars. The Williams 2 has lower nickel-plated bars and a narrow space bar. This machine is in good technical and visual condition. I bought it from a collector in Switzerland. This Williams typewriter was in the collection of the late Mr. Diernbacher from Vienna

Typeface Specimen:

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The type lever lifts off the ink pad...

...the type lever continues to rise...

...goes over the roller...

...Then the type lever hits the roller.

The type levers are guided in slots

This is the ink pad on which the typebars rest.

The paper is rolled into these wire baskets. It is then guided over the roller during writing and then Letter rolled back into the second wire basket

These are the wire paper baskets that hold the paper while writing

With this machine you can adjust the position of the bell release lever. This allows you to set when the bell rings. Very cool. It is the first time I have seen something like this on a typewriter.See.

The line shift lever engages directly with the transport roller and not with the platen roller as is usual with other typewriters

The serial number is stamped under the left frame next to the keyboard and on the front chrome plate that says "Williams" which is attached to the type bars.

Hunter: Lukas Klein (Schreibmaschinenmensch01)

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I come from southern Germany and have been collecting historical typewriters for 10 years. I'm interested in the antique machines built before 1945. All machines built after 1945 are not used for collecting but for writing