1955 Smith Corona Silent Super #5T 319810X
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-12-2025 at 06:20AM
Last Edit: 02-12-2025 at 06:24AM
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Having a great appreciation for the Smith-Corona 5-series, I wanted to get a Silent-Super, and this was my first. Purchased in December 2021, it couldn't have been dirtier, but I had fun cleaning it up and getting it working well. I like it so much that I got the platen resurfaced by JJ Short. The new platen really helped me understand why these were called "Silent": it obviously isn't silent, but it sure is quiet.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.
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