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1948 Royal KMM Serial # KMM12-3820044 1948 Royal KMM typewriter, Serial # KMM12-3820044 Karl Harris's 1948 Royal KMM typewriter. 2026-02-15 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Karl Harris: 1948 Royal KMM Serial # KMM12-3820044 Acquired for zero dollars ("Please just take it away!") at a family friend's business closing. In great shape as found, the usual sticky type bars and sluggish movement due to someone hosing it down with WD-40 and leaving it to dry. Left "Magic Margin" lever broken off, but still works with remaining stub (seeking this part!) One key weight / return spring broken ("T"), fabricated new one from music wire (it's the shiny silver one in the pic of the underside.) The usual fossilized rubber. Quick & dirty platen reco er with shrink wrap (works kinda meh...) Some slight type misalignment, particularly the lower-case "a", which sits higher than the others (but oddly enough, the upper-case "A" doesn't. ???

1948 Royal KMM #KMM12-3820044

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Karl Harris (kharrisma)
Created: 02-15-2026 at 06:44AM
Last Edit: 02-15-2026 at 06:44AM

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Acquired for zero dollars ("Please just take it away!") at a family friend's business closing. In great shape as found, the usual sticky type bars and sluggish movement due to someone hosing it down with WD-40 and leaving it to dry. Left "Magic Margin" lever broken off, but still works with remaining stub (seeking this part!) One key weight / return spring broken ("T"), fabricated new one from music wire (it's the shiny silver one in the pic of the underside.) The usual fossilized rubber. Quick & dirty platen reco er with shrink wrap (works kinda meh...) Some slight type misalignment, particularly the lower-case "a", which sits higher than the others (but oddly enough, the upper-case "A" doesn't. ???

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Hunter: Karl Harris (kharrisma)

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72 year-old retired gent living in New England, with a lifelong fascination with typewriters, starting with my mom''s Smith-Corona portable that I used to pore over as a kid, trying to work out how this miraculously complex machine worked. Was recently given ("take it away, please!") a 2948 Royal KMM in surprisingly good coondition, and my wife dragged home a portable Smith Corona (not like my mom's) with a mis-matched case awhile ago that I haven't gotten around to yet.


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