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1937 Royal KHM Serial # KHM12-2056844 1937 Royal KHM typewriter, Serial # KHM12-2056844 Ian Brumfield's 1937 Royal KHM typewriter. 2014-09-03 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Ian Brumfield: 1937 Royal KHM Serial # KHM12-2056844 Scored for $50 through an antiques salesman. Works fine, types well.

UPDATE: (9/3/14) I got this machine on October 25th 2013, a week to the day after I got the parts Royal HH. That makes this machine my first functional desktop typewriter.

1937 Royal KHM #KHM12-2056844

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ian Brumfield (T1peM0nkey)
Created: 02-12-2014 at 12:21PM
Last Edit: 09-03-2014 at 04:52PM


Description:

Scored for $50 through an antiques salesman. Works fine, types well.

UPDATE: (9/3/14) I got this machine on October 25th 2013, a week to the day after I got the parts Royal HH. That makes this machine my first functional desktop typewriter.

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Visible in this picture and the others around it, there is a little chip out of the paint in one of the ribbon caps. That particular cap doesn't click down without a little help, and the previous owner chipped it with the carriage return lever.
Visible in this picture and the others around it, there is a little chip out of the paint in one of the ribbon caps. That particular cap doesn't click down without a little help, and the previous owner chipped it with the carriage return lever.




Water has gotten underneath the right shift and margin release keys, making them virtually unreadable.
Water has gotten underneath the right shift and margin release keys, making them virtually unreadable.

Accurate Office Equipment is still around in the town that this machine came from!
Accurate Office Equipment is still around in the town that this machine came from!

The chip in the paint on the left ribbon cap was done long before I got this machine.
The chip in the paint on the left ribbon cap was done long before I got this machine.


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