1947 Olivetti M44 #1001346
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Aaron Friedrich Lotar Rolf Klamp (Technokid)
Created: 05-07-2021 at 11:37AM
Last Edit: 05-07-2021 at 02:19PM
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Description:
This M44 was in use in a Pharmacy in GDR/ East Germany. It was sold by a man who liquidated the old store where it standed. It has seen some use, as the worn chrome on the key rings indicate, and the typelever of the letter T was interchanged at some point, with anotherone that is not completely sitting on the typebasket but it is printing ok.
Have cleaned the whole machine, but havent fixed the cracks at the ribboncover or else. Maybe I do it one time, or maybe I don´t. It´s I question of principle which I havent gone into yet.
If anyone can give me some hints about the production date, I would love to know.
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Hunter: Aaron Friedrich Lotar Rolf Klamp (Technokid)
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Student of fine Arts, born and raised in Germany. Since October 2017 addicted to Typewriters with the focus on post war portables made of metall (not plastic).
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