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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Olivetti Three-fer


I'm sure there are many other Lettera 31's in disguise out there.



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7 comments:

  1. notagainJuly 17, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    That is a cool story about the lady's hair!
    Hey are you selling those olivettis?

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  2. Richard PJuly 17, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    "The past is never dead. It's not even past." --Faulkner

    (I just got back from the wonderful "Midnight in Paris." That movie, the Royal H, the immortal hair color, and the Faulkner quote all go together.)

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  3. Elizabeth H.July 18, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    I've become very fond of my Lettera 31--it has become my default typewriter lately just because it's so lightweight and easy to pull out, not to mention comfortable to type on. The one thing it's missing is a tab feature, but I really only use tabs for paragraph indents, and thanks to Matt's revelation of the Letteras' secret paragraph indent feature, I don't need to miss it anymore. Nice little machines. I like the blue ones here!

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  4. StrikethruJuly 18, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    So tempted to buy a Selectric someday. A red one! Tell me those Olivettis are better than the 319, which I still declare to be the World's Worst Typewriter (second place: Hermes 3000).

    That story about the hair is great! Ha!

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  5. Tom FurrierJuly 19, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    notagain- I am selling those Olivetti's. Email me and let me know what you have in mind.
    info@cambridgetypewriter.com

    Richard- That must have been one heck of movie!
    Thank you as usual.

    Little Flower Petals- Matt is one smart dude. He tells me typewriter stuff I don't know all the time.

    Strikethru- I think you should go for it. Millions of typist can't be wrong. And red does make a statement.

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  6. speculatorJuly 30, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    An "Olivetti Three-fer" sounds like something you'd get at Friendly's- with home fries and coffee! Ayuh!

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  7. Robin Heilschild 【蓋面】July 1, 2015 at 10:44 PM

    I have a Lettera 31 (also made in Spain). I used to think that model was really a fictional model created by someone that decided to put together lots of parts of another typewriters, but not. Now, I realized I have a rare model from Europe. Salutations & Greetings from Mexico...xD

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