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Typewriter Service Apprentice training update

October 31, 2024 By Paul

Mary has been with us for three months and yesterday completed the twelve week Typewriter Service Apprentice training. Congratulations Mary! Here she is with Lisa. … [Read more...]

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We are Bremerton Typewriter Company

October 9, 2024 By Paul

Hello everyone in the Type-O-Sphere, we are changing the business name to better reflect the work we do. Since 1947 Bremerton Office Machine Company services and repairs all sort of office machines. We appreciate the legacy of the work to keep all things OFFICE MACHINE running. Heck, we still work on machines from the past! Now.  .  .  we service and repair typewriters. Yep, we are pretty much focused on these typing machines. The business … [Read more...]

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2025 Puget Sound Typewriter Enthusiasts calendar PHOTOS

October 2, 2024 By Paul

Hello everyone. It is time to submit typewriter photos for the annual Puget Sound Typewriter Enthusiasts calendar! All contributors whose photos are selected for the calendar get a copy for free! Please send your photos to Heidi Newitt via Messenger or email them to pstypewriters@gmail.com . Send submissions to Heidi by October 20, 2024. Make sure they’re high-resolution (at least 1 MB). If the resolution isn’t high enough, we will … [Read more...]

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Electric Typewriters and Cuss Words

April 13, 2024 By Paul

Electric typewriters. I spend a lot of time with these things. We talk. We sit. I cuss tons of swear words. They listen. I’ve noticed more and more electric typewriters are coming to the shop for service in worse condition. Most are driven by belts that drive a power roller or in the case of Selectric typewriters a rotating shaft. You press a key top, attached to a key lever, that drops a latch that connects with the spinning roller that causes … [Read more...]

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Mr. Montgomery – CATS, yes this is about cats

January 26, 2024 By Paul

Occasionally, I publish some of Mr. Montgomery's musings edited only for grammatical errors. Since it was Mr. Montgomery's birthday this week, here is another of his reflections of earlier times. Reminiscences and other STUFF, Subject:     C A T S  -  Or about CATS in General  Well. here I am, sitting up in the middle of the night, suddenly inspired to writing about CATS I have known, and about CATS in general.  I don't know what prompted … [Read more...]

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Typewriter Service Apprentice training update

November 11, 2023 By Paul

Daniel has been with us for three months and today completed the twelve week Typewriter Service Apprentice training. Congratulations Daniel! Here he is with Lisa, who now has her Journeyman certificate! … [Read more...]

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1940 Remington Portable Model 5 Streamlined Gift

April 4, 2023 By Paul

We do not often get random typewriters delivered. Most are customer machines shipped in for service or a machine we glommed onto from the interwebs.Today's random typewriter is a gift from our favorite typewriter fan Tom Hanks. Tom, thank you for the gift. We love these 1940's Remington typewriters. From 1940, this Model 5 is a nice example. Of course, it came with a bit of damage. The escapement loose dog sheared off and was in the … [Read more...]

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Mr. Montgomery – EARLY MEMORIES of a little boy

January 22, 2023 By Paul

Occasionally, I publish some of Mr. Montgomery's musings edited only for grammatical errors. Since it was Mr. Montgomery's birthday this week, here is another of his reflections of earlier times. EARLY MEMORIES of a little boy (3 or 4 years old) The HOUSE on BRANDON STREET  -  Seattle     My first memory of being alive was when our family lived in Seattle, WA -  address 4619 Brandon St.  It was what was known as the Hillman District, just up … [Read more...]

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Typewriter Service Apprentice training update

November 23, 2022 By Paul

Shelley French has been with us for three months and today completed the twelve week Typewriter Service Apprentice training. Congratulations Shelley! Here she is with Lisa and me. Also remember Shelley recently opened her own typewriter shop in Port Townsend called Type Townsend. We are very happy to have another typewriter shop in the Pacific Northwest! … [Read more...]

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History UnCorked: The Typewriter Kitsap History Museum June 23

June 18, 2022 By Paul

Join me THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2022, 7 PM – 8:30 PM History UnCorked: The Typewriter There will be typewriters on display from the Museum collection plus typewriters to play with that I'll bring from the shop. I'll be blabbering away about typewriters, a brief history of early machines and some local Kitsap typewriter stuff. I'm sure I'll feature Mr. Montgomery in there somewhere! Kitsap History Museum Facebook … [Read more...]

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We repair any typewriter, at any time. We love to refurbish these machines to working order so they can do what they were meant to do — type!

The shop is now at 286 4th Street, across the street from the old shop.  The shop is closed August 20 to 23.

 

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(360) 373-6330
286 4th Street, Ste. 101
Bremerton, WA 98337
paul@typespec.com

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Wednesday – Saturday 10AM to 3PM
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Holidays closed

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  • Royal Mercury Portable Typewriter – For Sale $250
  • 1934 Royal Portable O Typewriter – For Sale $485
  • 1922 Corona Portable 3 Typewriter – For Sale $455
  • 1958 Green Smith-Corona Electric 5TE Typewriter – For Sale $587
  • Mr. Montgomery – World War II Memories – Act Six

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