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1963 Royal Empress Serial # MCE 11-7772114 1963 Royal Empress typewriter, Serial # MCE 11-7772114 Brent Wegher's 1963 Royal Empress typewriter. 2026-03-17 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brent Wegher: 1963 Royal Empress Serial # MCE 11-7772114 Local sale. Good working condition mostly. Helped by the presence of an original vinyl cover. No rust, must have been stored in dry place.
Just dusted out with compressed air, and some cotton swabs in key areas.
No problems typing, but sprayed solvent (carb cleaner) into segment. That will flush dirt, then dries quickly.
Tested every function. All fine. Nice paper bale.
Tabulator works fine, impressions are clean and sharp. Good alignment.
Platen and rollers look very good, but not like new. Cleaned under the cylinder.
Cylinder/platen removal is very slick with the one lever design. Like that a lot.
Measured platen rubber width at exactly 10 and 1/2 inches.
An old repair likely replaced the hinge bolt of the return lever, It works fine, but there is no spring-back when the lever is used.
Might be possible to add a spring there, will look at it later.
This example does not have the big Royal logo on back of carriage, just the front
Some minor scuffs on back paint.
The foam noise insulation under the magic margin cover has turned to dust, that then fell onto the margin rack.
Removing the dust restored the magic margin functionality to excellent condition.
Like the royal magic margin function, works for me. But I see where some dislike if it gets sticky.
Typing feels very good with touch control on the "2" position.
Ribbon advances fine, the installed ribbon still has light ink, but part of one end of the ribbon has lost all ink.
Original Royal metal spools work fine.
This machine needed a little exercise but now excellent typer.
The original feet look good, they are a little harder than I'd prefer. But machine stays stable with it's weight.
It would be nice to have the more modern 70s to 80s keyboard layout with a number "1" next to the "2"
Some photos taken with ribbon cover removed. Photos taken under artificial light, so color rendition may be faulty, but the paint is just neutral gray.
This was a very lucky find.

1963 Royal Empress #MCE 11-7772114

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brent Wegher (bwegher)
Created: 03-14-2026 at 11:49PM
Last Edit: 03-17-2026 at 11:37AM

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Local sale. Good working condition mostly. Helped by the presence of an original vinyl cover. No rust, must have been stored in dry place.
Just dusted out with compressed air, and some cotton swabs in key areas.
No problems typing, but sprayed solvent (carb cleaner) into segment. That will flush dirt, then dries quickly.
Tested every function. All fine. Nice paper bale.
Tabulator works fine, impressions are clean and sharp. Good alignment.
Platen and rollers look very good, but not like new. Cleaned under the cylinder.
Cylinder/platen removal is very slick with the one lever design. Like that a lot.
Measured platen rubber width at exactly 10 and 1/2 inches.
An old repair likely replaced the hinge bolt of the return lever, It works fine, but there is no spring-back when the lever is used.
Might be possible to add a spring there, will look at it later.
This example does not have the big Royal logo on back of carriage, just the front
Some minor scuffs on back paint.
The foam noise insulation under the magic margin cover has turned to dust, that then fell onto the margin rack.
Removing the dust restored the magic margin functionality to excellent condition.
Like the royal magic margin function, works for me. But I see where some dislike if it gets sticky.
Typing feels very good with touch control on the "2" position.
Ribbon advances fine, the installed ribbon still has light ink, but part of one end of the ribbon has lost all ink.
Original Royal metal spools work fine.
This machine needed a little exercise but now excellent typer.
The original feet look good, they are a little harder than I'd prefer. But machine stays stable with it's weight.
It would be nice to have the more modern 70s to 80s keyboard layout with a number "1" next to the "2"
Some photos taken with ribbon cover removed. Photos taken under artificial light, so color rendition may be faulty, but the paint is just neutral gray.
This was a very lucky find.

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Hunter: Brent Wegher (bwegher)

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Retired to the quiet of rural Nebraska to contemplate nature.
Typing down thoughts, prefer that to handwriting.
Not really a collector, just like to tinker on mechanical things.


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