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1930 Underwood Portable 4 Bank Serial # 506347 1930 Underwood Portable 4 Bank typewriter, Serial # 506347 John Munroe's 1930 Underwood Portable 4 Bank typewriter. 2019-02-19 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of John Munroe: 1930 Underwood Portable 4 Bank Serial # 506347 Everything works but needs a thorough cleaning and new rubber would be nice. Barely types as type slugs stick due to grime and grit. Well preserved - a looker! Elite typeface.

1930 Underwood Portable 4 Bank #506347

Status: My Collection
Hunter: John Munroe (jamunroe)
Created: 02-19-2019 at 09:09AM
Last Edit: 02-19-2019 at 09:12AM


Description:

Everything works but needs a thorough cleaning and new rubber would be nice. Barely types as type slugs stick due to grime and grit. Well preserved - a looker! Elite typeface.

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H key isn't stuck, just in the photos.
H key isn't stuck, just in the photos.
























This little clip was loose, popping it into place restored the space bar to functionality.
This little clip was loose, popping it into place restored the space bar to functionality.










Hunter: John Munroe (jamunroe)

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From Toronto Canada. Tokyo-based entrepreneur since 1998 and meditation teacher since 2000. Learned to type in Grade 9 following mind-altering lunches and still experience flashbacks while typing. Mother did shorthand and typed 90 wpm as stenographer, dad pecked out haiku on his old typewriter as long as I remember. Moved to thermal printing, 8-character display CanoWord Pen 24 in 1986 when my typewriter broke, then to FujiXerox, Mac and iPhone. Bought my first typewriter of the new millennium (a Lettera 32) in March 2015. Muscle memory has graduated to neural reboot--every moment at the typewriter brings back fresh memories of type-happy childhood and visions of literary grandeur. Use typewriter for inspiration/rough drafts and computer/iPhone (Scrivener/Evernote) for polishing.



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