1939 Royal Aristocrat #B-889364

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mary Echevarria (Mech)
Created: 06-08-2015 at 05:56PM
Last Edit: 06-08-2015 at 06:11PM

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Description:

I found this one in a thrift shop in terrible shape: very dirty with a broken draw string. Worst of all: ten key tops had been chopped including the "Shift Freedom" keys.

I cleaned the typewriter and replaced the draw cord. I found reproduction typewriter key charms at a craft store that made pretty good replacement key tops and secured them with metal epoxy putty.

She cleaned up beautifully and types like a dream though the left margin is inconsistent. I still need to address a sticky ribbon vibrator - may need further cleaning or gentle bending.

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Links:

• My typewriter blog - Royal Aristocrat entries

Photos:

The typewriter was very dirty when I brought her home

Ten key tops were chopped from the typewriter including the square "shift freedom" keys

replacement key tops made from craft store charms

Shift, Z and X keys are replacement key tops made from reproductions bought at a craft store

Hunter: Mary Echevarria (Mech)

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I'm a novice collector with a very small collection of mostly nonfunctional typewriters. I enjoy tinkering and repairs, so I am slowly but surely putting these typewriters back into service.