Antique typewriters are great examples of mechanical engineering. In the early days everyone was trying to beat some else's patent and come up with something that would sell. Victorian's were lovers of mechanical gadgetry and the early typewriters came in an amazing variety to satisfy that love. It's amazing to me the level of complexity and creativity that was accomplished without the aid of computers and modern machine tools .
Definitely, the best sensation ever, typewriting... The sounding, the concentration level, the feelings of a true story writing. I got one of a friend as a gift, and it made me start writing again !!! I don't live without mine anymore haha
16:24 I believe those are more commonly known as Hemostats. Retired Firefighter and Paramedic here. And Writer. In 2004, there was a writing competition called the NCWA (New Century Writer's Awards) It was kicked off in 2003, winners were announced in 2004 a year later. This contest was judged by Francis Ford Coppola, and Ray Bradbury. I entered two stories, but one got through and went pretty far, and though I didn't win, I did however, with that Story titles "Outer Darkness" wherein the future a group of human astronauts encounter an Alien derelict spacecraft that is hunted by the ghosts of its pilots. The story was 21 pages long out of the max 35 pages you had to work with. I didn't win, BUT I did make it to number 2 in the Top 10 Nominated by Ray Bradbury, these were 10 stories he liked and of the 10 his winner was picked, and Mr. Coppola had his top 10 nominees and his number one pick, and there was a third Judge, a Producer from Universal Pictures and a Top 10 with 1 winner which together made the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. There were hundreds of thousands of entries it took a whole year to announce the winners. I was disappointed of course I lost to a story title "Milk" but that's the way the cookie crumbles as they say....but here is why I am telling this here.... I received a certified letter from Ray Bradbury that was typed, and in the letter, one page rectangle sheet, very nice paper soft with fine wrinkles, an off white or vanilla ice cream color, in this letter he wrote me to tell me how much he enjoyed my story, and he encouraged me to continue to write and think outside the box, and at the end he typed, Written on my '47 Royal KMM And then he made a space where he was able to sign and type his name. So when you showed his Royal KMM I got chills as I instantly remembered that letter and thought my God, a letter he wrote to me went through that machine! Goosebumps, actual goosebumps! Thank you so much for showing this event and although I was nowhere near it, I'm sorry I missed this. But I'm glad I finally got to see The Actual Royal KMM that letter I got was probably the very same one. I too use and collect Typewriters and write all my first drafts on a Typewriter then hand copy it into a computer, this was it's very familiar to me and it had an extra edit. In my current collection I have: 1990 brother EP-43 1983 brother EP-20 1972 SCM Electra 110 1968 Royal Aristocrat Special 1964 SCM Galaxie Deluxe 1959 Hermes 3000 1955 Golden Shield made by SCM They are all in perfect working order and I use them all when working, well except maybe the Aristocrat as it's a bet heavy of the hands even with the tension up on light, it's not meant for Book manuscripts. More like 1-3 page letters. But the best machine the real work horses are the SCM Galaxie Deluxe and 110 Electra, and the Hermes 3000....that Hermes is a Gen 1 curve body, and it's so so,,so nice to write one, absolutely a dream Typewriter that you can just go and go and go, just write and hands don't hurt, you absolutely can just get lost as the dream opens up and the Hermes 3000 vanishes. Thanks for reading ❤
The American Writers Museum is the best thing since the Computer Museum. I learned keyboarding on an antique Underwood typewriter when I was 12 years old. Today, I need to reduce my speed when keyboarding on the Dell microcomputer. Not everything created in the microcomputer is printed on to paper. The typewriter was the nicest machine ever invented.
This is from two years ago (I'm watching April 2022), but it's so odd to hear you speak of the fishing line fix. That is just what I have had to do, or try to do, with my Hermes Baby, which I got on eBay from a fellow on a kibbutz in Israel. It arrived with that broken, though he said it had worked when he'd packed it. I will try again, as I think I gave up too easily. I also have an old desktop Underwood that was once my mother's office machine in the 1970s; I appreciate your mention of the database that will help me age my machine. It has not worked since a bread tie--a wire covered in paper--snapped, one that I had used to replace a screw in the undercarriage in the 1980s when I attended university. That, too, I will tackle with renewed vigour. It's my favourite. Looks so old-fashioned now, but it was a beast during school days.
The fifth-grader calling a typewriter an instant printer (20:08) has got it right. You're confronted with a generation turning the perspective around, not perceiving the computer as the unusual device, any more, but instead its predecessor. They'll certainly tell you that all those methods and machines of the 20th century now replaced by computers - typewriters, post boxes, photocopiers, gramophones, tape recorders, phonograph records, video cassettes, calculators, books, television sets - have actually been parts of computers which for mysterious reasons have not yet been assembled into a single apparatus. After all, even the laptop has been anticipated in typewriters, a century ago; see the folding machine of 29:33...
My mom Grace owned a Royal typewriter. she hoped to retire early enough to get an autobiography done. It never happened. Sharks aren't all of equal value and yolk. Contrary to popular belief nobody 'owes' this airway 99 market bubbles. If you accumulate you pay for overloads. Baker's field pay isn't bread. It's Dollars and cents, Pesos, Yuan, and whatever a baker can tote around to trade for house, auto, power charges, fabric, other tools of the union under 'BON'. Pilot? That's A 'Robert' kind. We don't see a Robert kind any longer but I once knew one up close and personal. He may be on money, coke and milk drinks or braiding his hair with razors.
Antique typewriters are great examples of mechanical engineering. In the early days everyone was trying to beat some else's patent and come up with something that would sell.
Victorian's were lovers of mechanical gadgetry and the early typewriters came in an amazing variety to satisfy that love.
It's amazing to me the level of complexity and creativity that was accomplished without the aid of computers and modern machine tools .
Great video.
Congratulations.
The American Writers Museum is together!⭐
I love typewriters, I collect them and actually have some of the ones in the vid!!!!!!!!!
Definitely, the best sensation ever, typewriting... The sounding, the concentration level, the feelings of a true story writing. I got one of a friend as a gift, and it made me start writing again !!! I don't live without mine anymore haha
16:24
I believe those are more commonly known as Hemostats. Retired Firefighter and Paramedic here.
And Writer.
In 2004, there was a writing competition called the NCWA
(New Century Writer's Awards)
It was kicked off in 2003, winners were announced in 2004 a year later.
This contest was judged by Francis Ford Coppola, and Ray Bradbury.
I entered two stories, but one got through and went pretty far, and though I didn't win, I did however, with that Story titles "Outer Darkness" wherein the future a group of human astronauts encounter an Alien derelict spacecraft that is hunted by the ghosts of its pilots.
The story was 21 pages long out of the max 35 pages you had to work with.
I didn't win, BUT I did make it to number 2 in the Top 10 Nominated by Ray Bradbury, these were 10 stories he liked and of the 10 his winner was picked, and Mr. Coppola had his top 10 nominees and his number one pick, and there was a third Judge, a Producer from Universal Pictures and a Top 10 with 1 winner which together made the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
There were hundreds of thousands of entries it took a whole year to announce the winners. I was disappointed of course I lost to a story title "Milk" but that's the way the cookie crumbles as they say....but here is why I am telling this here....
I received a certified letter from Ray Bradbury that was typed, and in the letter, one page rectangle sheet, very nice paper soft with fine wrinkles, an off white or vanilla ice cream color, in this letter he wrote me to tell me how much he enjoyed my story, and he encouraged me to continue to write and think outside the box, and at the end he typed,
Written on my '47 Royal KMM
And then he made a space where he was able to sign and type his name.
So when you showed his Royal KMM I got chills as I instantly remembered that letter and thought my God, a letter he wrote to me went through that machine! Goosebumps, actual goosebumps!
Thank you so much for showing this event and although I was nowhere near it, I'm sorry I missed this.
But I'm glad I finally got to see The Actual Royal KMM that letter I got was probably the very same one.
I too use and collect Typewriters and write all my first drafts on a Typewriter then hand copy it into a computer, this was it's very familiar to me and it had an extra edit.
In my current collection I have:
1990 brother EP-43
1983 brother EP-20
1972 SCM Electra 110
1968 Royal Aristocrat Special
1964 SCM Galaxie Deluxe
1959 Hermes 3000
1955 Golden Shield made by SCM
They are all in perfect working order and I use them all when working, well except maybe the Aristocrat as it's a bet heavy of the hands even with the tension up on light, it's not meant for Book manuscripts. More like 1-3 page letters. But the best machine the real work horses are the SCM Galaxie Deluxe and 110 Electra, and the Hermes 3000....that Hermes is a Gen 1 curve body, and it's so so,,so nice to write one, absolutely a dream Typewriter that you can just go and go and go, just write and hands don't hurt, you absolutely can just get lost as the dream opens up and the Hermes 3000 vanishes.
Thanks for reading ❤
I loved seeing the great typewriters! Thank you for taking the time. Can't wait to see it in person.
Many thanks for the presentation.
Fascinating, thank you for uploading!
That Olympia SG1 is sweet. Same typewriter I used in high school typewriting class. Received an award pin for 70wpm on the SG1.
Also, Also.... Subscribed and 👍❤️
Great tour!
Awesome excursion!
Really nice! A great video... I hope you make a video of you cleaning a typewriter or changing a ribbon. Thanks
The American Writers Museum is the best thing since the Computer Museum. I learned keyboarding on an antique Underwood typewriter when I was 12 years old. Today, I need to reduce my speed when keyboarding on the Dell microcomputer. Not everything created in the microcomputer is printed on to paper. The typewriter was the nicest machine ever invented.
What an amazing exibit. Thanks for the walk through
This is from two years ago (I'm watching April 2022), but it's so odd to hear you speak of the fishing line fix. That is just what I have had to do, or try to do, with my Hermes Baby, which I got on eBay from a fellow on a kibbutz in Israel. It arrived with that broken, though he said it had worked when he'd packed it. I will try again, as I think I gave up too easily. I also have an old desktop Underwood that was once my mother's office machine in the 1970s; I appreciate your mention of the database that will help me age my machine. It has not worked since a bread tie--a wire covered in paper--snapped, one that I had used to replace a screw in the undercarriage in the 1980s when I attended university. That, too, I will tackle with renewed vigour. It's my favourite. Looks so old-fashioned now, but it was a beast during school days.
Duane of Phoenix Typewriter has a draw band video on UA-cam and a bunch of other good videos on how to repair and clean things.
What a great exhibit!
The fifth-grader calling a typewriter an instant printer (20:08) has got it right. You're confronted with a generation turning the perspective around, not perceiving the computer as the unusual device, any more, but instead its predecessor. They'll certainly tell you that all those methods and machines of the 20th century now replaced by computers - typewriters, post boxes, photocopiers, gramophones, tape recorders, phonograph records, video cassettes, calculators, books, television sets - have actually been parts of computers which for mysterious reasons have not yet been assembled into a single apparatus.
After all, even the laptop has been anticipated in typewriters, a century ago; see the folding machine of 29:33...
What a great video!!
I tried to get one of those 1960s Smith Corona typewriters but ended up with a Corona Standard (flat top) from 1937.
Capote always wrote in bed--usually long hand. London usually wrote long hand too and passed it on to a secretary to type.
I've got a Royal typewriter that has a part of the bell mechanism missingm I need to fix it somehow.
16:41 ... forceps. surgeons use them in surgery but good to have for many things like typewriter repair.
The audio goes out halfway through.
My mom Grace owned a Royal typewriter. she hoped to retire early enough to get an autobiography done. It never happened.
Sharks aren't all of equal value and yolk.
Contrary to popular belief nobody 'owes' this airway 99 market bubbles. If you accumulate you pay for overloads.
Baker's field pay isn't bread. It's Dollars and cents, Pesos, Yuan, and whatever a baker can tote around to trade for house, auto, power charges, fabric, other tools of the union under 'BON'.
Pilot? That's A 'Robert' kind. We don't see a Robert kind any longer but I once knew one up close and personal.
He may be on money, coke and milk drinks or braiding his hair with razors.
I know how Gore Vidal feels about computers 🖥 they are a pain
Try hologram!
Globe valve out typewriter