1961 Olivetti Studio 44 #236140
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)
Created: 09-02-2016 at 06:47PM
Last Edit: 01-21-2017 at 08:48AM
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Description:
Perhaps the best typewriter in my collection for typing on. Simple, smooth lines, sweet movement, subtle design elements that make it easy to understand why the Studio 44 was the machine of choice for beatniks and scriptwriters. The basket shifts effortlessly and the keys strike easily and all return. Even the corrugated panel above the keys add tot he overall class of this typewriter.
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Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)
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Points: 2325
I am a writer and book editor as well as a collector of typewriters. It started with an Hermes 3000 desktop, which I stupidly sold last year, but now another sits on my desk for typing envelopes with a beautiful sans serif typeface. I type every day on different machines in my collection, which stands at about 60 at the moment. Favourites include my two 3000s, a 1930s Smith-Corona Silent, the Olivetti Studio 44 (red case), and a crinkle, chrome-encircled Royal Quiet Deluxe. I have also been finding very inexpensive Royal 10s of late; I currently own three, two from the 1910s and the other a later model, and another (1931) I sold to a friend at cost for his son, who appreciates vintage things. I am always on the lookout for new and interesting machines and often trade or sell to try new models. Living and working in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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