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1954 Smith Corona Silent Super Serial # 5T 141494 1954 Smith Corona Silent Super typewriter, Serial # 5T 141494 Paul Zagaeski's 1954 Smith Corona Silent Super typewriter. 2020-06-02 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Paul Zagaeski: 1954 Smith Corona Silent Super Serial # 5T 141494 Smith Corona Silent Super SN 5T 141494 (1954)
* Bought 18 Feb 2020 $28 ShopGoodwill-Southern Piedmont Charlotte NC
* Serial # 5T 141494 manufactured 1954
* Typeface Elite 12cpi

Original Condition: All type bars are sticky. Type slugs are clogged with ink. Vibrator sticky. Platen hard and pitted.

Restoration Note: Smith Corona Silent Super very sticky keys clean adjust hone platen.

This typewriter has the most satisfying typing action of any manual typewriter I've ever used. Each keystroke feels like a precision mechanism is at work, transferring the energy of the keypress into exquisitely solid impact on the ribbon and paper. Hard to describe, a joy to experience.

1954 Smith Corona Silent Super #5T 141494

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Paul Zagaeski (pzags41)
Created: 06-02-2020 at 12:21PM
Last Edit: 06-02-2020 at 12:56PM


Description:

Smith Corona Silent Super SN 5T 141494 (1954)
* Bought 18 Feb 2020 $28 ShopGoodwill-Southern Piedmont Charlotte NC
* Serial # 5T 141494 manufactured 1954
* Typeface Elite 12cpi

Original Condition: All type bars are sticky. Type slugs are clogged with ink. Vibrator sticky. Platen hard and pitted.

Restoration Note: Smith Corona Silent Super very sticky keys clean adjust hone platen.

This typewriter has the most satisfying typing action of any manual typewriter I've ever used. Each keystroke feels like a precision mechanism is at work, transferring the energy of the keypress into exquisitely solid impact on the ribbon and paper. Hard to describe, a joy to experience.

Typeface Specimen:

Hunter: Paul Zagaeski (pzags41)

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