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I collect a variety of mechanical marvels including accordions, pump organs, and typewriters. In addition to collecting, I enjoy cleaning the machines and learning to perform basic repairs.

My typewriter collection began with a 1950s-era Underwood DeLuxe, purchased in the 1990s. Several decades passed before the typewriter bug bit again. Now I live surrounded by a small army of manual machines, including a Blickenderfer No. 7, a tiny 3 bank Underwood (1923), a Smith-Corona Clipper, a handful of Remingtons, and others.

Typewriters let me commune with the memory of my mother. Mum was an amazing typist - a legal secretary at a white-shoe NYC law firm who could accurately type over 100 wpm. Later in life, she taught middle school - many subjects - but typing was her favorite. Unlike teaching English, there was no pile of unpaid papers to grade. Prior to the advent of word processors, her last typewriter was a hulking beast of an IBM Selectric.


2004
Olympia
Traveller C

Serial #0413214

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196x
Antares
Domus

Serial #2A3968152

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1934
Remington
Portable Model 5

Serial #658324

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1952
Underwood
Finger-Flite Champion

Serial #J2197517

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1942
Remington
Remette

Serial #CR305793

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1957
Royal
Quiet De Luxe

Serial #G3704624

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1955
Underwood
De Luxe

Serial #AA2659919

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1930
Remington
Portable 3

Serial #V326261

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192x
Remington
Porto-Rite

Serial #SR-12889

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1929
Royal
P

Serial #P166425

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