Saturday, October 27, 2012

try now

a better pic, on the workbench.

8 comments:

  1. Wow, you've still got me baffled. That's a remarkable shape, looking like a '20s typewriter with a wool blanket draped over it. I think I would remember this if I'd seen it before.

    My best guess is that it's an Imperial, but I can't find a photo of one with this particular look.

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  2. Interesting! Certainly a clearer picture, but now I am really stumped! Those molded ribbon covers are something else. Let me go with standards I haven't come across often... an Imperial? Optima?

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  3. I know what it is....it's a typewriter, a very interesting typewriter.

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  4. I think it's a Olivetti made in England, but I'm not sure.

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  5. Wow, it seems to be pretty big! From the first photo, I assumed it might be something Royal portableish, but this clearly isn't.
    The platen knob looks a lot like the one on my Olivetti Studio 42 and my ICO.

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  6. OK, Olivetti seems to be the right track. It's reminiscent of the M40, for instance (http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/ptf/EuropeOlivetti.html). Could it be a Model 44 (1947-1953, not the portable Studio 44 but an office machine)?

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  7. ding ding ding! well done Richard!

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    1. Woo hoo!

      Well, that is certainly an unusual machine to find in the US. I know nothing about it. Looking forward to a full report and many pix.

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