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What does Budweiser have to do with Typewriters?

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This article is a bit far away from typewriters. Some of my more endearing customers bring interesting things for me to repair. I cannot turn them away, especially when it is an advertising gizmo that lights up and rotates! The rotating beer sign was a bit unbalanced and it turns out the rotation motor gears were stripped. Fortunately, there is a huge fan base on the interwebs for beer signs. HUGE! I found the direct replacement for the … [Read more...]

Brosette Number 4

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I got the trio of Brosettes all ready for pick up and this delightful Brosette typewriter from the year 1953 shows up for service. The machine itself needed the right side ribbon feed repaired. It is pretty straight forward to remove the ribbon feed assembly and repair. Then it was just some minor service. Mostly the typewriter case needed work. New rubber feet and a new leather handle. I could not find an escutcheon that was close to the … [Read more...]

Smith-Corona Classic 12 Cyrillic Typeface – For Sale $455

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This is a near perfect Smith-Corona Classic 12 typewriter featuring a Cyrillic typeface at 10 CPI. It types very nice, leaving a nice dark imprint. It comes complete with the carrying case, manual and warranty information. The warranty paperwork is not filled out, spanking new. Since this machine comes with the newer style plastic case, I'd say it is most likely from the year 1980. 6LTV615777 For Sale $455 … [Read more...]

A wonderful Trio of Brosettes

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I love my typewriter collectors as they bring in some very interesting machines.  These three Brosette portables are from one of my favorite collector guys. You do not get the opportunity to have a Brosette typewriter from West Germany in many collections. I'd only seen photos. It was a real hoot to have three in the shop all in one swoop. According to the notes in typewriterdatabase.com these lovelies were manufactured between 1953 and … [Read more...]

Royal Model 10 from the Year 1931

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This Royal model 10 was brought in for repair and needed a ton of work. Someone really used this typewriter . . . a lot. A genuine dirt bucket, this machine needed a heavy cleaning and the type bar rest fell apart as I was cleaning the type faces. The platen had seen an amazing amount of wear, the paper rollers disintegrating and pretty much if it was rubber that stuff had seen better days! After assessing the machine, we agreed it needed … [Read more...]

Tom Thumb Toy Typewriter

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This toy typewriter was brought in by a customer for some light service. I like the toy typewriters. Not a single one types worth a hoot, yet they are plain cute. This nice red President is a well preserved example of the plastic variety. The machine has been serviced and will be a unique gift. It even has a carrying case! … [Read more...]

It is Typewriter Gifting Time!

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Can't decide which typewriter to give your loved ones? Try a nifty gift certificate and let them go wild! These lovely certificates were made by our local Bremerton Letterpress. The certificates are a work of art, the typewriter design by Marit Bockelie. … [Read more...]

Musical Typewriters, My Oh My!

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It is not often you are graced with a typewriter collector's recent finds. In this case an Oregon collector shared his recent catch of three Music Writer typewriters http://www.musicprintinghistory.org. Two are Olympia SG3 machines and one a R. C. Allen Visiomatic A machine. He had me service one of the Olympia and the R. C. Allen. Each is a modified typewriter by the Music Print Corporation of Boulder Colorado to accommodate the … [Read more...]