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1957 Groma Modell T Serial # 350148 1957 Groma Modell T typewriter, Serial # 350148 Dan Johnson's 1957 Groma Modell T typewriter. 2016-12-31 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Dan Johnson: 1957 Groma Modell T Serial # 350148 This model has a tabulator, hence Modell T, whereas Modell N does not. That it is carriage-shifted and not basket-shifted does not detract from the pleasure of typing with this well-engineered machine.

I particularly appreciate the large, hard-to-miss lever protruding from the right side that makes setting and clearing a tab feel as natural as returning the carriage. (And I'm grateful to have a QWERTY keyboard on this as well.)

This one does have a few issues: the paper finger runs into a mechanism that seems unnecessarily complex to keep it in vertical position, backspace doesn't function, and the carriage sometimes skips many spaces at once. Those should be readily rectified (I hope) with a good internal cleaning which has not yet happened. Otherwise, it should be well worth the effort to diagnose and fix.

1957 Groma Modell T #350148

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Dan Johnson (rdj)
Created: 12-31-2016 at 02:17PM
Last Edit: 12-31-2016 at 02:19PM

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This model has a tabulator, hence Modell T, whereas Modell N does not. That it is carriage-shifted and not basket-shifted does not detract from the pleasure of typing with this well-engineered machine.

I particularly appreciate the large, hard-to-miss lever protruding from the right side that makes setting and clearing a tab feel as natural as returning the carriage. (And I'm grateful to have a QWERTY keyboard on this as well.)

This one does have a few issues: the paper finger runs into a mechanism that seems unnecessarily complex to keep it in vertical position, backspace doesn't function, and the carriage sometimes skips many spaces at once. Those should be readily rectified (I hope) with a good internal cleaning which has not yet happened. Otherwise, it should be well worth the effort to diagnose and fix.

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Hunter: Dan Johnson (rdj)

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