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| This 1926 Corona Four is my new favorite typer. |
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| 1939 Royal portable with French keyboard. |
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| 1945 Hermes Baby is customer repair that works like new again. |
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| There's a extra setting on the ribbon lift switch for a film ribbon. |
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Those are some wonderful looking typewriters. The Corona 4 has always been one of my "I need to get one" machines. I doubt I'd eve find one as nice as yours. It looks factory fresh.
ReplyDeleteOh, the Baby looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBill- Thanks, it's hard to find a pristine Corona anything! They sure didn't age well overall. Keep looking Bill, you will find one eventually. They're such a neat machine and worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteJanet- The Baby is beautiful once again. See you soon.
I grew up not far from one of Frost's homes (in Concord, VT) and always wanted to make it by the Derry farm. I'm a huge fan of his! Thank you for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteThe plate on that Royal says "Fabrique aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique" which translates to "Made in the United States of America". so no, it's not made in France. And if I'm not mistaken, in France they use the AZERTY layout, so that machine was possibly made for Canada. All the French machines I've seen around here (and in Quebec) have the QWERTY layout...
ReplyDeleteanyways, I really enjoy reading your blog, Tom! keep it up.
-mooge / Canada
Little Flower Pedals- Thank you for your comments. I never realized how big poetry is until I got into the typewriter business. The Boston area is huge nesting ground for poets. I gets so many poets in the shop
ReplyDeletegetting their machines repaired or new ones buying a vintage manual to inspire their poetry.
Anonymous- Pardon my French. You are absolutely right. Made in the USA for sale probably in Canada. Thanks for setting me straight and for reading my blog. I appreciate it.
Could you say what kind of rubber cleaner you use on the platens?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great blog.
-Jim
Interesting question, I would also like to know!
DeleteJim and Spiderwebz- The rubber cleaner I use is called RubberKleen by INX. You can buy it in a 32 oz can for about $12.50. I buy mine from a company called TSA World in Norcross, Georgia. I hope that is helpful.
DeleteThank you for taking the time to respond, I am sure you are very busy and I appreciate it!
Delete-Jim
I visited Robert Frost's farm many years ago and loved it. One of my favorite poets.
ReplyDeleteAlso liked you mentioning that special clickety clack on the pre-1935's. I really like that myself.
I very much enjoyed reading your post, as always. The Royal keyboard should be Swiss-French, I think.
ReplyDeleteclacketyclink- Thanks! I have customers come in and ask for clickety-clack typewriters and I know exactly want they want.
ReplyDeleteshordzi- in my next blog I will have a link to a site that will explain all the differences between QWERTY, QWERTZ and AZERTY. Thanks!
Thanks Tom. I recently got a nice Lettera 32 with a French keyboard on Craigslist...for $10. The guy who sold it to me told me it was given to him as a gift when he worked in an embassy in Paris.
ReplyDelete-Brad, Seattle
That Corona is awesome! The Baby is very nice too. It looks very portable.
ReplyDeleteI brought my L22 down to Philadelphia on a business trip. I picked up a turquoise Royal Quiet Deluxe while down here. I cannot wait to fill you in on the story on that one the next time I see you.
Btw, my associate should be in on Staurday for the Royal.
Stay well, Tom. Great blog as always!