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1951 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 5A368583 1951 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter, Serial # 5A368583 Tom Beauvais's 1951 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter. 2017-10-16 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Tom Beauvais: 1951 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 5A368583 Michigan antique mall purchase. Note with machine said "professionally serviced and cleaned and new ribbon. Came with case. Typed well. Type specimen bears out the note. At the mall when I examined it, I pressed one key and didn't see any ink. Turns out the ribbon was not put through the ribbon vibrator--I corrected that at home. SOLD to a friend 16Oct2017.

1951 Smith Corona Sterling #5A368583

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Created: 06-16-2017 at 06:36PM
Last Edit: 10-16-2017 at 03:16PM


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Michigan antique mall purchase. Note with machine said "professionally serviced and cleaned and new ribbon. Came with case. Typed well. Type specimen bears out the note. At the mall when I examined it, I pressed one key and didn't see any ink. Turns out the ribbon was not put through the ribbon vibrator--I corrected that at home. SOLD to a friend 16Oct2017.

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Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)

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Changed my collecting priorities to portables except the Olympia SG3 with the cyrillic keyboard and my Underwood No. 5--those beasts are too heavy. Sold my earlier typewriters to a friend. I had too many. I use carbon paper for typefaces when the machines have faint ribbons. I take photos with my Canon Powershot SX50HS (50x optical zoom and macro settings). I find it difficult doing typeface specimens since I use a Corsair K70 RGB gaming keyboard plugged into my 15-in Macbook. I got it solely for the deep key travel. I have fun hunting machines in antique malls in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.



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