1927 Remington Portable 2 #nv79705
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Goode (vinylspin)
Created: 04-09-2024 at 11:46AM
Last Edit: 04-09-2024 at 11:47AM
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Description:
Found this at an antique mall in Phoenix. A couple of the typebars on the left side were bent, and Bill Wahl at Mesa Typewriter Exchange straightened them and replaced the "Q" typebar, which is why its alignment in the type sample is just a little bit off. This is a fun machine to show off, and it has a really sharp "snap" feel.
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Hunter: Brian Goode (vinylspin)
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I am a retro post-punk meta-hipster, bassist, raconteur, techno-archivist, humorist, optimist, bon vivant and a fan of vinyl records, early 80's Japanese hi-fi gear, photography and obsolete but useful machines of all kinds. I am the proud owner of a 1970 Hermes 3000 and a 1940's Remington Rand typing desk.
I also created a typewriter image "filter" (see my avatar). It's written in Python and generates 65-character-wide images using over 1700 actual red-and-black-ribbon'd samples from my typewriter, meaning I could actually type them out myself on an 8 1/2" wide sheet of paper with 1" margins.
My dog Koa and I live in Buckeye, AZ.
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