1961 Adler Special #2243998
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Laurenz van Gaalen (Laurenz)
Created: 12-27-2024 at 06:37AM
Last Edit: 12-27-2024 at 06:39AM
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Description:
Adler’s standard for the most common office task: correspondence.
Although the Special is lighter and flatter than regular standards, it is a big machine. The typing experience is excellent; both the action and keyboard design suit my taste very well. Thanks to the big feet a typing pad is not necessary.
It is the unusual margin and tab system that prevents this machine from being my favourite standard. Using one lever for setting and clearing margins and tabs is something I find often confusing.
From a design point of view – both the concept and its implementation – the Special is definitely an interesting machine.
Google translation from the introductory text in the user manual:
“Adler Special
The perfect correspondence machine
The Adler Special, a remarkable new creation of the expanded Adler typewriter range, was developed for economic reasons with the aim of completing the most extensive writing work in the office – correspondence – quickly and neatly, even with multiple copies. Industry, trade, transport, business and administration demand this special model.”
Tip to clear the right margin: move the carriage to the left until it is stopped by the right margin. Backspace once and use the set/clear lever to clear the margin.
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Hunter: Laurenz van Gaalen (Laurenz)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 2066
I live in The Netherlands.
Most common typewriter brands over here are Triumph/Adler, Olympia, Erika, Olivetti, Remington and Brother.
I collect and restore typewriters to learn about their design and to write with them.
laurenz@planet.nl
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