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1929 Royal P Serial # P141388 1929 Royal P typewriter, Serial # P141388 Randall Lyon's 1929 Royal P typewriter. 2025-12-30 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Randall Lyon: 1929 Royal P Serial # P141388 This beautiful blue duotone P is owned by a coworker who bought it for 75 cents (!) at a yardsale. It had an old ribbon in it and was pretty dirty. She asked if I would clean it up and get it typing and I said sure!

It took a few hours of cleaning, a piece of heat shrink on the diamond-hard platen, and a new ribbon (it still had the original spools, but I did not respool) before it was ready to go. It kept up with my 45 wpm and required a bit of care to keep from piling and double spacing periodically (just like every other Royal I have!). All in all, a nice machine and what a great opportunity to work on a machine that was born the same year my Grandpa was.

1929 Royal P #P141388

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Hunter: Randall Lyon (RLyon)
Created: 12-30-2025 at 12:47PM
Last Edit: 12-30-2025 at 12:48PM

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This beautiful blue duotone P is owned by a coworker who bought it for 75 cents (!) at a yardsale. It had an old ribbon in it and was pretty dirty. She asked if I would clean it up and get it typing and I said sure!

It took a few hours of cleaning, a piece of heat shrink on the diamond-hard platen, and a new ribbon (it still had the original spools, but I did not respool) before it was ready to go. It kept up with my 45 wpm and required a bit of care to keep from piling and double spacing periodically (just like every other Royal I have!). All in all, a nice machine and what a great opportunity to work on a machine that was born the same year my Grandpa was.

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