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1933 Royal O Serial # OT338009 1933 Royal O typewriter, Serial # OT338009 Ian Brumfield's 1933 Royal O typewriter. 2024-10-27 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Ian Brumfield: 1933 Royal O Serial # OT338009 A fairly typical proto-O in most respects, save a three-digit keystroke accumulator installed near the left-hand ribbon spool cup which required significant modifications to the typewriter itself. The workmanship of the installation is very impressive and involved, with a lot of disassembly, hand-shaping, filing, drilling, and soldering. Extra holes have been hand-worked into several panels. Witness marks on the key-levers, platen, anvil, return lever, right-hand margin, margin release mechanism, and margin rail indicate intense use over a very short time frame followed by long-term storage. These witness marks are consistent with being mounted to an automatic typing machine such as an AutoTypist. Potentially prototypical; most likely an endurance or speed demonstrator unit by Royal, but perhaps a proof-of-concept installation by Veeder-Root.

Improper 'in-the-wild' conditions rendered the machine wholly operable but unusable, and the nature of its being leaves me no choice but to leave it unrestored.

1933 Royal O #OT338009

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Hunter: Ian Brumfield (T1peM0nkey)
Created: 10-27-2024 at 09:48PM
Last Edit: 10-27-2024 at 09:59PM

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A fairly typical proto-O in most respects, save a three-digit keystroke accumulator installed near the left-hand ribbon spool cup which required significant modifications to the typewriter itself. The workmanship of the installation is very impressive and involved, with a lot of disassembly, hand-shaping, filing, drilling, and soldering. Extra holes have been hand-worked into several panels. Witness marks on the key-levers, platen, anvil, return lever, right-hand margin, margin release mechanism, and margin rail indicate intense use over a very short time frame followed by long-term storage. These witness marks are consistent with being mounted to an automatic typing machine such as an AutoTypist. Potentially prototypical; most likely an endurance or speed demonstrator unit by Royal, but perhaps a proof-of-concept installation by Veeder-Root.

Improper 'in-the-wild' conditions rendered the machine wholly operable but unusable, and the nature of its being leaves me no choice but to leave it unrestored.

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