I help any customer who has a machine that may not be a typewriter, yet falls into that category of "who fixes these any more?". In this case, along with an Underwood number 3 typewriter needing some love, they brought this fantastic Edison Home Phonograph in for service. This phonograph uses plastic cylinders instead of record albums we are used to using today. You could also buy wax cylinders to record! You hand crank this baby, then let … [Read more...]

I couldn't pass up this little Singer sewing machine model 20 at the local Goodwill. It was a bit rusty. With the usual attention I give to my typewriters in short order it looks great and works. I'm not sure why I also love sewing machines. Well actually I do know; I consider them to be works of industrial art just like my typewriters. … [Read more...]

Hurray for typewriters! Don Feldman's Typewriter Fever store is open for business! 245 4th Street, Suite 505 Bremerton, WA 98337 Phone: 360-813-1752 Tuesday thru Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Read all about it here; Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal article. Josh Farley also featured Typewriter Fever in this edition of Bremerton Beat Blast. Typewriter Fever is in the suite right next to our shop, so the next time you visit … [Read more...]

Very soon, my good friend Don Feldman, a long time Bremerton collector is opening the Typewriter Fever shop next door! He has a few more things to get done before he opens up, and I'll let you know when the doors open. I've gazed my eyes upon a few of the machines and I think you will all be very happy. Don's website is http://www.typewriterfever.com/index.html I'll let you all know when the shop next door is open so we can all … [Read more...]

I'm sure it is no surprise to learn there are so few resources locally to repair typewriters. What I think is maybe a greater revelation . . . Bremerton Office Machine Company is NOT ALONE! Seriously, while I think the publicity surrounding Mr. Montgomery and the typewriter shop has been amazingly positive it leaves the impression we are the ONLY shop out there. We are not. We ARE the only full time shop dedicated to typewriters every day, all … [Read more...]

I get many phone calls and emails each week from folks asking my opinion on how much is a typewriter worth. I try to be fair and consider each item. Will Davis recently posted a great article in his blog on typewriter pricing. Read it and gain insight into the world of buying a typewriter! http://davistypewriters.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-typewriter-market.html … [Read more...]

Ever since the latest Seattle Times article on Mr. Montgomery and yours truly I receive a lot more telephone calls. The calls are mostly from folks outside of Washington who read the latest article in their local paper after the Associated Press picked it up. The people on the phone typically want a few things. Many want to buy a typewriter they have seen on the for sale page of www.typespec.com and of course I’m all for that! A few want to chat … [Read more...]

Recently, the shop has been getting some attention by our local media. The Seattle Times, Kiro Radio 97.3 and the Kitsap Sun have all stopped by to inquire about typewriters. Mostly the conversation goes like this; Interviewer: "So, you repair old stuff nobody makes or wants." In unison Montgomery and Lundy: "Yep." Interviewer: "You and Mr. Montgomery seem quite taken with all this obsolete stuff, are you nuts?" In unison Montgomery and … [Read more...]

This Saturday a film crew was here interviewing Mr. Montgomery. Fun times! Mr. Montgomery was a bit tired by the time we left at 3PM. … [Read more...]

One of the small rooms in the back of the shop is my machine shop area. It has the typical drill press, a couple small lathes and a table top milling machine. Working in the room kinda drives me nuts every time I go to resurface a platen, use the arbor press to press on new rubber on paper rollers or drill out a broken screw. Mostly the nuts part is that there were (note the past tense) parts typewriters, 4 boxes of Mr. Montgomery's videos of … [Read more...]