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1961 Royal HE Serial # HE-13-7249572 1961 Royal HE typewriter, Serial # HE-13-7249572 James Grooms's 1961 Royal HE typewriter. 2025-09-16 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1961 Royal HE Serial # HE-13-7249572 Stuck, but far from dead. Something, maybe cereal, was spilled into the type basket and down the keyboard. A futile attempt to soak it up with paper towels was made. Coming out the bottom on initial inspection was what looked like brown condensed milk and paper bits. I thought maybe it had a mouse in it. It had sat in an unoccupied residence for over a decade until the kids finally decided to wrap up the estate. The last service tag was checked for 1968. I'd say after the spill, it was parked for another day that never came.

It was a tough clean out with the normal typebar sticky and add the trips at the roller were all stuck. Last but not least figuring out where the tab mechanism was stuck. Everywhere else, outside under the type basket, was super clean and the bodywork is sweet. Other than a funky 0 / ) slug that wants to smear for some reason, she is 100% pending a carbon ribbon test.

Elite "496" typeface. I believe this is Oxford. And to make things confusing, this is an 11 cpi. See link.

A desperate, and ultimately failed, attempt to keep up with IBM. A Royal HE vs the Underwood Scriptor type off? $470 ($5400) msrp or you could lease one!

But this has the best bell ("twin chime") you'll ever hear, using a smaller bell inside the larger with two strikers. Did anyone else do something like this?

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My second HE (awaiting service) came with this interesting brochure for scholastic accounts ca 1960. Added images.

1961 Royal HE #HE-13-7249572

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 06-01-2024 at 04:45PM
Last Edit: 09-16-2025 at 08:59AM

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Stuck, but far from dead. Something, maybe cereal, was spilled into the type basket and down the keyboard. A futile attempt to soak it up with paper towels was made. Coming out the bottom on initial inspection was what looked like brown condensed milk and paper bits. I thought maybe it had a mouse in it. It had sat in an unoccupied residence for over a decade until the kids finally decided to wrap up the estate. The last service tag was checked for 1968. I'd say after the spill, it was parked for another day that never came.

It was a tough clean out with the normal typebar sticky and add the trips at the roller were all stuck. Last but not least figuring out where the tab mechanism was stuck. Everywhere else, outside under the type basket, was super clean and the bodywork is sweet. Other than a funky 0 / ) slug that wants to smear for some reason, she is 100% pending a carbon ribbon test.

Elite "496" typeface. I believe this is Oxford. And to make things confusing, this is an 11 cpi. See link.

A desperate, and ultimately failed, attempt to keep up with IBM. A Royal HE vs the Underwood Scriptor type off? $470 ($5400) msrp or you could lease one!

But this has the best bell ("twin chime") you'll ever hear, using a smaller bell inside the larger with two strikers. Did anyone else do something like this?

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My second HE (awaiting service) came with this interesting brochure for scholastic accounts ca 1960. Added images.

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A missing shoulder screw.
A missing shoulder screw.



polish those slugs!
polish those slugs!







Fortunately the motor and rear switches were not hit with the spill.
Fortunately the motor and rear switches were not hit with the spill.








next up the Adler?
next up the Adler?

HD cover.
HD cover.


Clipped from EB's page.
Clipped from EB's page.









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