1967 Olivetti-Underwood 21 #702956
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
Created: 12-25-2013 at 06:03AM
Last Edit: 08-30-2020 at 05:14PM
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Description:
with fabric-covered wooden case with key; made in Barcelona. See the pic and its note in the gallery about crossed key linkages. In every typewriter I have noticed, the links follow straight back from the keys to the typebars in a 1-to-1 left-to-right correspondence but in both examples of this Olivetti Underwood 21 that I have seen, the E and the X links are crossed. Why? To check yours, lift up several typebars in the neighborhood of the X and E slugs.
Typeface Specimen:
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Photos:
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![This is a pic of a curious arrangement of crossed linkages, the X and the E keys, in an Olivetti-Underwood 21. Why is this done this way? Some engineer screwed up? This is a pic of a curious arrangement of crossed linkages, the X and the E keys, in an Olivetti-Underwood 21. Why is this done this way? Some engineer screwed up?](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g1741_3023__3023_1389678270.jpg)
Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
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