1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1349622
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Andrew Hearn (stickswriter)
Created: 03-01-2023 at 06:12PM
Last Edit: 03-01-2023 at 06:21PM
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Description:
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1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe ‘Dwight’ s/n: A-1349622
Dimensions:
Case 13” x 13” x 6&3/8” 16&1/2 lbs
Typewriter 12&1/4” x 11&1/2” x 6&3/4” 12 lbs
Features:
Left Backspace; Rear set tabs; 9” carriage; No dedicated keys for one, exclamation point, plus, or equals; 2 -Ribbon Settings; No Paper Rest; Segment Shift; One Click per Line; No spacing; Hinged Ribbon Cover; Elite sized Font
Model History:
The Royal Quiet De Luxe was first introduced in 1939 as an improvement upon the Deluxe and quiet models that themselves had been introduced to replace the Model O. This model was made through out World War 2 and for a few years of the immediate post war years, with the exception of a halt to production during and most of 19145, during which the factory produced war material. Production was resumed in mid to late 19115 after the war ended. Production continued through 1947, when royal tasked well known industrial Henry Dreyfuss was tasked with redesigned the shell to update the product line. The shell styling was more angular with tombstone shaped glass top keys to replace the round keys of the older models This lasted till 1950 when tb underwent a complete redesign that replaced the internals as well as gave the hshe11 a more rounded shape as well. The glass top keys were replaced with plastic keys. This model lasted till 1958, when the Quiet Deluxe was replaced with the Futura Line by Royal.
Typing Feel:
The key travel is light for the first 1/3rd of the key stroke till you hit a soft wall right around where the typebar just clears the ribbon cover. From there the effort ramps up gradually "till you hit a slightly harder wall that lasts until the ribbon vibrator reaches the top. This is more noticeable if the lower ribbon color is selected. If the top of the ribb01 is selected, it is fairly easy to push through the last part of the key travel. More effort is required for the bottom of the ribbon. Larger fingers might find the key spacing a bit tight and smaller fingers might find it easy to slip between the keys, but overall, touch typing is fairly easy on this machine. There is a noticeable, but not too significant difference between the low and high settings on the tough control.
Where I Found It:
I bought this typewriter from an antiques shop in Bellefonte, PA called the Great Mish Mosh I had visited the place once before and found a Smith Corona Ghia, a stylish but cheaply made ultra—portable typewriter from the late 60s. It had no shortage of problems, so I wrote off the place and went to the larger Plaza Antique shop. Several weeks later, while I was on a day off from work, I decided to take a look at the place. Besides SCM Ghia, there was also a mid-50s royal Quiet Deluxe that was lacking a case and had faded key tops. It was also not in the best mechanical condition. As I was searching the back corner of one of the last parts of the store for to in, I noticed unmistakable outline of a typewriter case. I was pleasently surprised to find that it was one of the typewrites produced towards the end of the circular glass key caps design style. It was in great mechanical condition with a platen that still had a decent amount of give for its age. On top of this, the shop only wanted $39 for it I made da note of it and checked the other 2 antique shops in Bellefonte, Victorian House and Plaza to see if they had anything as good as this. Plaza had nothing that caught my interest, but Victorian house had a Lettera 22. It was in good shape, but I already had a Lettera 32, so I went back to the great Mish Mosh and bought this fine machine.
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Hunter: Andrew Hearn (stickswriter)
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