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1966 Brother De Luxe Serial # C6183354 1966 Brother De Luxe typewriter, Serial # C6183354 Jerry Himes's 1966 Brother De Luxe typewriter. 2024-11-16 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Jerry Himes: 1966 Brother De Luxe Serial # C6183354 A lovely little machine and a wonderful typer with a very good print quality, While the platen is still soft, the solid rubber tube acting as a typebar rest mat was hardened, making the typing experience the loudest I had experienced so far. I found a tube of cellular rubber, which works wonderfully as a replacement mat. The feet and the grommets which hold the ribbon cover had to be replaced as well. It's a lot quieter now, although still rather loud, so I probably wouldn't take it to a quiet café (the much quieter Lettera 22 is a better choice for public typing). Originally intended as a gift, but I found another machine which was in a slightly better condition, so I gifted that one instead and kept this one for myself.

1966 Brother De Luxe #C6183354

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)
Created: 10-09-2024 at 02:36PM
Last Edit: 11-16-2024 at 03:12PM

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A lovely little machine and a wonderful typer with a very good print quality, While the platen is still soft, the solid rubber tube acting as a typebar rest mat was hardened, making the typing experience the loudest I had experienced so far. I found a tube of cellular rubber, which works wonderfully as a replacement mat. The feet and the grommets which hold the ribbon cover had to be replaced as well. It's a lot quieter now, although still rather loud, so I probably wouldn't take it to a quiet café (the much quieter Lettera 22 is a better choice for public typing). Originally intended as a gift, but I found another machine which was in a slightly better condition, so I gifted that one instead and kept this one for myself.

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I have been looking for ways to spend less time on electronic devices, and because of this I started doing my writing and translation work with pens and pencils, and now on typewriters as well. I have noticed that adding typewriters to the process has been beneficial to the quality of the text, plus it's just more fun this way.

I have started selling and giving away some of my machines now that I have figured out which ones I want to keep. Some people have asked me for working typewriters, so I have been on the lookout for machines purely for that purpose as well. As fun and instructive as it has been, soon it is time to finish this collecting and tinkering and move back to my original intention: writing. I hope.


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