1954 Smith Corona Silent Super #5T 140304

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)
Created: 03-09-2013 at 11:50AM
Last Edit: 04-26-2020 at 10:48AM

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Description:

Kennedy, my 1953 Silent-Super, obtained in a trade with Magic Margin for an Olivetti 21. Notable for its 6-pitch Sight-Ease No. 47 typeface, which is much bigger than most Orator typefaces, thus the name Kennedy.

The escapement, set to advance for the large typeface, tends to jerk the machine much more violently than usual and it travels badly, even though the feet aren't bad. Still a smooth typer, it's like driving a truck on a country road compared to the sports-car smoothness of an Elite typeface Silent-Super.

Update: now it's in Bill Wahl's collection (:

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Kennedy, 1953 Smith-Corona Silent-Super, with Sight-Ease No. 47 Typestyle
• For Your Eyes Only
• I need a typewriter pad…
• Einstein, meet Kennedy… and a plastic Collegiate

Photos:

Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)

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I am a scoundrel without a cause, and my swank outshines the sun.

I am a casual Typewriter Hunter residing in the sweltering deserts of Arizona with a wife, three cats and about 50 typewriters. My main hunting ground is thrift stores, and I rarely pay more than $10 for a machine. My collection consists mainly of portables with cases, and they stay in the cases unless I am actively using it (usually more than one at a time). I do, however keep a handful of interesting Selectrics, including a Composer and a couple of large Nakajima Electronics to use as daisywheel printers for my vintage laptop collection.