Look at what came into the shop for service and a new platen. A 1941 Smith-Corona 3A Sterling Speedline portable typewriter with a custom music keyboard. This is well before the Music Print Corporation came into existence. People still craved typewriters to do specific jobs and ordered custom layouts.
I thought, as I was looking at this beauty, if Taylor Swift used a typewriter to craft her art. . . This would be the one. Lyrics, notes, the sound of type on the page. I can imagine Ms. Swift typing out the ideas.
Who ever bought this typewriter wanted a machine that was easy to use, easy to write and to put notes on the page. Can you imagine the screaming Tortured Poets you could write on this Department typewriter . Oh dear, have I been Swifted off my feet by a music typewriter?
