1956 Tower Quiet-Tabulator #5ST546149
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 12-15-2024 at 09:52PM
Last Edit: 12-16-2024 at 07:46AM
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Description:
Great cosmetics, but some rust in the segment and the typebars and links were a mess due to someone trying to force things. Slug alignment, except for a funky uppercase Q came out good considering the punishment it underwent. Super clean case as well.
My table makes it look pinkish, but it is tan.
$97.50 for xmas 1956.
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.
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