1968 Remington (Brother) 666 #L8204800
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Goode (vinylspin)
Created: 10-16-2018 at 05:13AM
Last Edit: 10-16-2018 at 08:24AM
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Description:
"Son of Beast"
I've been looking for one of these ever since I read about it on Mark Adam's site (https://type-writer.org/?p=1149). I found this one on eBay from a seller in Maryland and had it shipped to me here in Arizona. It was in fine mechanical shape, but needed some serious cleaning and lubrication, Now it works just peachy! The serial number dates it to November of 1968, and it looks to be a 2nd version Brother JP1.
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Hunter: Brian Goode (vinylspin)
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I am a retro post-punk meta-hipster, bassist, raconteur, techno-archivist, humorist, optimist, bon vivant and a fan of vinyl records, early 80's Japanese hi-fi gear, photography and obsolete but useful machines of all kinds. I am the proud owner of a 1970 Hermes 3000 and a 1940's Remington Rand typing desk.
I also created a typewriter image "filter" (see my avatar). It's written in Python and generates 65-character-wide images using over 1700 actual red-and-black-ribbon'd samples from my typewriter, meaning I could actually type them out myself on an 8 1/2" wide sheet of paper with 1" margins.
My dog Koa and I live in Buckeye, AZ.
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