198X Scheidegger (Olivetti) President #0587501

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)
Created: 06-09-2024 at 10:17AM
Last Edit: 08-25-2024 at 01:09PM

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This aesthetically charming plastic typewriter seems to be more or less the same machine as the Olivetti Lettera 92, the Underwood 319 and 378, the Hema 44k, the Sears Achiever and the Privileg 350 or 350 T. This version was made for the Willy Scheidegger Swiss Typewriting School and comes with a maroon lid and bottom plate. This example features the modern Finnish keyboard layout and the standard Pica typeface.

The build quality seems a rather low on this late machine compared to earlier Olivettis, and it's missing some of the features I've learned to take for granted in a typewriter, like a paper support or a margin scale on the paper bail. The type action is not horrible, but obviously noisier and far less refined than the earlier and more expensive machines like the Lettera 32. The carriage is very smooth though, which is always nice.

Gifted to a friend.

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Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)

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I have been looking for ways to spend less time on electronic devices, and because of this I started doing my writing and translation work with pens and pencils, and now on typewriters as well.

I will probably start selling and giving away some of my machines after I figure out which ones are most useful to me. Some people have asked me for a working typewriter, so I have been on the lookout for machines purely for that purpose as well.

Machines sold/given away:
Triumph Gabriele 20
Hermes 3000 (3rd gen., French)
Student (Brother) Deluxe 850TR
Optima (Zentronik) Mod. 42
Scheidegger (Olivetti) President

Reviews done so far:

Erika Daro Model 41
Hermes 3000 (3rd gen.)
Olivetti Lettera 32