1963 Olivetti Studio 44 #458932

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 01-01-2026 at 08:34PM
Last Edit: 03-21-2026 at 09:36AM

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2026-03-21 Update: No longer the last typewriter I purchased on eBay, as I now have purchased a Remington 3B (#C101264) on 3-8-26; see linked gallery.

2026-01-17 Update: Added type slug detail photo showing number "1" (Pica) typeface marks.

2026-01-01 original posting: This Barcelona-made Studio 44 has the Olivetti-Underwood branding, so it was likely made in 1963 after the Olivetti-Underwood merger; perhaps it was made in 1962. I bought this machine on eBay, as an impulse buy, on January 5, 2008. It was the last typewriter I acquired through eBay. The purchase price was only $22.00, but shipping was $21.15, nearly doubling the total cost to $43.15. The shipping was on the level of a full office-sized machine, probably due to the size and bulk of the case. It came with the very attractive cream-colored upholstered wooden trapezoid case, which I believe was part of the appeal to me.

I had the platen and feed rollers re-surfaced by Ames Supply Co. in April of 2008, but nothing else has been done to the machine, other than to supply a new ribbon and do some light cleaning. It most certainly needs new rubber spacers for the body-to-frame attachment points. It types reasonably well in general, but sometimes the keys struggle to make it to the platen, leaving a very light impression. I'll have to trouble-shoot that to make it a pleasant-to-use typewriter.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Link to gallery for my 1956 Ivrea-built Olivetti Studio 44
• Link to gallery for my 1971 Barcelona-built Olivetti Lettera 32
• Remington 3B purchased on 3-8-2026

Photos:

With case.

Front with ribbon cover removed.

Serial number.

Right quadrant.

Right.

Right rear quadrant.

Back.

Left rear quadrant.

Left.

Left quadrant.

Typing sample.

Type slug detail, showing number 1 typeface marking (Pica).

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.

In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.