1972 Olympia SM9 #4546128
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Kevin Nutt (kmnutt)
Created: 07-28-2025 at 03:40PM
Last Edit: 07-28-2025 at 04:11PM
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Description:
Date of Purchase: 04/16/2025
Place of Purchase: Mechanicsburg, PA
This was gifted to me by a wonderful gentleman, "Bill". Bill formerly worked in the banking industry and now is staying active in his golden years as a member of the maintenance crew for my apartment complex. I was in the main office one day renewing my lease and talking about my typewriter collection, when Bill overhears this and mentions he has one sitting in his garage. After a quick trip in his golf cart to retrieve it (he lives in the complex as well), he returns with this wonderful machine and tells me "it's yours".
This has the wide carriage, and Senatorial typeface, and the platen still has some life in it. This was truly taken care of, and I will treasure this quite differently than some others in my collection.
SENATORIAL No. 71; Pitch: 11-cpi
Typeface Specimen:
Links:
- Manual
- Phoenix Typewriter: Olympia SM-9 Ribbon Auto Reverse Explained
- Nis Kildegaard: Olympia SM9 typewriter demo
- 1964 NOMDA Blue Book Type Styles
Photos:
Hunter: Kevin Nutt (kmnutt)
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Points: 349
With nearly three decades in information technology and over twenty years specializing in cybersecurity, I bring a unique perspective to typewriter collecting that bridges the digital and mechanical worlds. As the son of a farmer-turned-chemical engineer, I inherited both my father's hands-on problem-solving mindset and his deep curiosity about how things work.
Growing up under his guidance, I learned to build, repair, and tinker. This experience gave me a lasting appreciation for mechanical ingenuity and ultimately led me to typewriters. I'm fascinated by their intricate mechanisms and rich history, and by the role these remarkable machines played in transforming human communication long before the digital era.
When not working on typewriters, I love working with my hands on various projects: building custom mechanical keyboards, creating miniatures, building furniture, or other hands-on creative work that captures my attention.
Based in Central Pennsylvania less than 10 miles from the famous Olivetti-Underwood Factory in Harrisburg, PA, I've found the region to be a fruitful source of vintage machines - and so my collection keeps growing.
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