1969 Speedwriter Cavalier #9 221 125353
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Harry Lindner (ghostinthemachine)
Created: 06-16-2021 at 01:15PM
Last Edit: 06-16-2021 at 01:15PM
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Description:
A typewriter that I cleaned and made minor repairs. Not sure how portable this typewriter really is because it is very heavy and come in a very large case! The typeface sample references a Consul brand which I understand were the original design from Czechoslovakia. After I returned the typewriter to its owner, I found out that the correct name is a Speedwriter Cavalier.
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Hunter: Harry Lindner (ghostinthemachine)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 74
I am located in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains
I bought a typewriter for the sole purpose of journaling and writing with no thought given to working on them as a hobby. On a whim, I purchased a second typewriter, which I knew needed some cleaning and adjustment. I discovered that this exercise took me back to simpler times when I maintained electromechanical switching equipment in my early days of telephony.
Typewriters: a collection of complex Rube Goldberg contraptions that collectively perform a simple function, to put ink to paper. How wonderful is that?
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