Looks like an Olivetti Lettera 22 or 32?
Levon Helm RIP … gives props to a typewriter….
In this interview, Levon Helm talks about how Richard Manuel from The Band and Bob Dylan had a typewriter sitting out… they’d type lines, and (at 1:00) “… and by the end of the day, they’d have a couple, three pages out of that…” Ahhhh… and then they played a festival named after a typewriter!
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form follows function
I WAS RELUCTANT to screw the cover back down over this simple scene of mechanical harmony. Going on 50 years old, easy, and just seeing a bit of corrosion on that bell.
• Dig the kink in the striking arm to add a bit of force at the end of the stroke.
Who knows what typer we are looking at?
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From DRINKING -n- TYPING
Here’s a short clip of some attendees at the Pen & Pencil Club in Philadelphia; they’re clacking away at their notes as Don Russell (aka, Joe Sixpack, Daily News Beer Reporter) describes the first of seven or so great beers we sampled. Note the gentleman in the back checking his digital device; we contain multitudes.
Will try to decipher my notes later–but we had contingents from: Geekadelphia, the Kelly Writer’s House, some Joe Sixpack fans and more. Every typer was busy, and we had a nice variety of machines to go with the beers.
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Towards a 21st-Century Typewriter?
Is a 21st Century Typewriter Possible?
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Philly Typewriter Weekend details
OK, so it’s two days, two chances to win! April 27-28, the Philly Typewriter Weekend, a trip into Typerspace, you might say.
Friday — beer + typewriters X Joe Sixpack = Drinking n Typing, an evening at the nation’s oldest Press Club, the Pen & Pencil in downtown Philly, 7-10 pm. $15 ($10 with working manual typewriter) includes includes a beer tasting and snacks with Joe Sixpack. We will pair craft beers from the US, Italy and Germany with typewriters from the same countries, then scientifically examine our prose styles to see if they change with various combinations of beers and typewriter! It’s my belief that this is a first, which may open an entire new field of recreational research.
details right here.
Saturday — the Spring Type-IN, and first meeting of the Philadelphia Typewriter Congress, where we’ll consider plans for a Large Fall Typing Event (LFTE)
At Fergie’s, 1214 Sansom Street, a lovely traditional pub where, BTW, youngsters like Mr. Cidoni are welcome. That’s Sat., 2-5pm, FREE, with working manual typewriter or stamped envelope. This event will hew to the standard International Type-IN Format, which includes a Speed Typing Competition with measly prizes, a Letter Writing Session and a Typewriter Swap.
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Drinking and Typing at America's Oldest Press Club
Sometimes beer is a muse, sometimes it’s just a beverage. On April 27th, find out at an evening of typing fueled by craft brews from the U.S., Italy and Germany–with typewriters from those same countries. We’ll also have a great beer-tasting, hosting the the Philadelphia Daily News’ Beer Reporter, Joe Sixpack. $15 covers the tasting and some tasty snacks–bring a working manual typewriter and it’s just $10. (we’ll provide nice stationery, stamped envelopes and a copy of “The Writer’s Sidekick” — a hard-boiled thesaurus cooked up behind prison walls!)
March 28, 2012 · 8:45 am
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