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1968 Adler Tippa S Serial # 4878388 1968 Adler Tippa S typewriter, Serial # 4878388 Gary Wann's 1968 Adler Tippa S typewriter. 2018-10-10 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Gary Wann: 1968 Adler Tippa S Serial # 4878388 Yet another antique shop find. A 1968 plastic bodied Tippa S in fair condition and with a nice clean typeface. I probably paid a little too much for this, but I wanted another post-war West German machine for my collection.

Many of the leavers were stiff and not returning to rest after pressing the keys. so I did my usual clean up of the segment and achieved a degree of success, but I struggled with the levers at the centre of the segment, 6,7, y, h, b - particularly the h. I cleaned the levers and the segment slots and also found a compression spring on the base tray which I though had something to do with the lack of return of the h lever.

I could see 'scuffing' on the troublesome levers and eventually resorted to the fairly brutal idea of very carefully 'easing' the slots in the segment with a small screwdriver. This seemed to help, but easing one lever made the others bind. Eventually I found a compromise that allows all the levers to work. Overall, it's still a bit sluggish, but it is work in progress.

Awaiting a new ribbon, so the typeface specimen is a bit faint and the type slugs still need to be cleaned, although they don't look too bad.

And the loose spring I found, maybe it’s a biro spring rather than being part of the typewriter?

1968 Adler Tippa S #4878388

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Gary Wann (Ruyton)
Created: 10-10-2018 at 02:36AM
Last Edit: 10-10-2018 at 03:31AM

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Yet another antique shop find. A 1968 plastic bodied Tippa S in fair condition and with a nice clean typeface. I probably paid a little too much for this, but I wanted another post-war West German machine for my collection.

Many of the leavers were stiff and not returning to rest after pressing the keys. so I did my usual clean up of the segment and achieved a degree of success, but I struggled with the levers at the centre of the segment, 6,7, y, h, b - particularly the h. I cleaned the levers and the segment slots and also found a compression spring on the base tray which I though had something to do with the lack of return of the h lever.

I could see 'scuffing' on the troublesome levers and eventually resorted to the fairly brutal idea of very carefully 'easing' the slots in the segment with a small screwdriver. This seemed to help, but easing one lever made the others bind. Eventually I found a compromise that allows all the levers to work. Overall, it's still a bit sluggish, but it is work in progress.

Awaiting a new ribbon, so the typeface specimen is a bit faint and the type slugs still need to be cleaned, although they don't look too bad.

And the loose spring I found, maybe it’s a biro spring rather than being part of the typewriter?

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European (English) keyboard with no number '1' and with the margin release key denoted by the double-headed arrow rather than the 'MR' seen on North American keyboard.
European (English) keyboard with no number '1' and with the margin release key denoted by the double-headed arrow rather than the 'MR' seen on North American keyboard.











Hunter: Gary Wann (Ruyton)

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