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1957 Olivetti Lettera 22 Serial # 386640 1957 Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter, Serial # 386640 John Munroe's 1957 Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter. 2020-01-18 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of John Munroe: 1957 Olivetti Lettera 22 Serial # 386640 "Squaresville." Can't believe how comfortable and smooth the touch is on these boxy^top 22s. Love it!

1957 Olivetti Lettera 22 #386640

Status: My Collection
Hunter: John Munroe (jamunroe)
Created: 01-18-2020 at 01:02AM
Last Edit: 01-18-2020 at 09:51AM


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"Squaresville." Can't believe how comfortable and smooth the touch is on these boxy^top 22s. Love it!

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From Toronto Canada. Tokyo-based entrepreneur since 1998 and meditation teacher since 2000. Learned to type in Grade 9 following mind-altering lunches and still experience flashbacks while typing. Mother did shorthand and typed 90 wpm as stenographer, dad pecked out haiku on his old typewriter as long as I remember. Moved to thermal printing, 8-character display CanoWord Pen 24 in 1986 when my typewriter broke, then to FujiXerox, Mac and iPhone. Bought my first typewriter of the new millennium (a Lettera 32) in March 2015. Muscle memory has graduated to neural reboot--every moment at the typewriter brings back fresh memories of type-happy childhood and visions of literary grandeur. Use typewriter for inspiration/rough drafts and computer/iPhone (Scrivener/Evernote) for polishing.



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