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1961 Royal FP Serial # FPS-16-7133632 1961 Royal FP typewriter, Serial # FPS-16-7133632 Chris Aldrich's 1961 Royal FP typewriter. 2025-05-09 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Chris Aldrich: 1961 Royal FP Serial # FPS-16-7133632 2025-04-03 Currently servicing a wonderful 16" carriage machine with an elite typeface.

2025-05-09 This has been in solid rotation lately though my daughter wants it for her room, albeit with a gray body rather than the yellow. I've restored most of it though it still needs a bit of degreasing on the return lever which is still a tad slow. I'm planning on taking it to the Pasadena type-in tomorrow. I hope to get some better photos of it up soon.

1961 Royal FP #FPS-16-7133632

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 04-05-2025 at 10:35PM
Last Edit: 05-09-2025 at 09:34AM


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2025-04-03 Currently servicing a wonderful 16" carriage machine with an elite typeface.

2025-05-09 This has been in solid rotation lately though my daughter wants it for her room, albeit with a gray body rather than the yellow. I've restored most of it though it still needs a bit of degreasing on the return lever which is still a tad slow. I'm planning on taking it to the Pasadena type-in tomorrow. I hope to get some better photos of it up soon.

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Naked 1961 Royal FPS typewriter
Naked 1961 Royal FPS typewriter

Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)

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Hello! I’m a Johns Hopkins trained biomedical and electrical engineer with a variety of interests in the entertainment industry, information theory, evolution, big history, genetics, signal processing, transgenetics, translational medicine, and theoretical mathematics. I’m a strong advocate of the IndieWeb movement.

I have a love for analog office equipment including library card catalogs and typewriters. As of March 2025, I've got a segment of 45 typewriters, mostly portable and manual models along with several Royal standards, a Remington Standard, and one SMC typebar electric. I have been learning how to completely overhaul all of the machines in my collection, all of which work well aside from one or two machines which need some parts. I have a burgeoning collection of typewriter tools for continually repairing, maintaining, and upgrading my machines.

2024 was broadly a year of collecting portables and 2025 seems to be shaping up to be the year of the standards. I'm slowly morphing my TWdB collection photos so that the "hero" photos of the machine facing to the right (with the left side of the typewriter facing front generally with the carriage return in the front) are those that have been generally cleaned /restored while those facing to the left (with the right side of the typewriter facing front with carriage return in the rear) are those that still need cleaning, oiling, adjustment or a major repair. Those facing forward generally need work as well. Certainly some don't fit this pattern, but I hope to fix them all shortly as I get the requisite photos.

I've got more than half a dozen card catalogs including a Gaylord Bros. and a Steelcase along with several Remington Rand and some Shaw-Walkers. I've lost count of my index card collection once I passed 10,000.



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