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PJMcK

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8. One of my clients had a manual typewriter

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2024, 09:20 AM

May 2024

He wrote lyrics to many songs on an old Underwood manual. He only typed in capital letters and he never used punctuation. Still, many of his songs are hits.

One time before he passed, his assistant and I had to scour NYC to find ribbons. By that time, nearly everyone had moved to computers but not Freddie! I think we found a guy in Brooklyn who still serviced manuals and sold us a box of ribbons.

Today, the typewriter is on display at the Lincoln Center Library in Manhattan.

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Does anyone use typewriters anymore? [View all] no_hypocrisy May 2024 OP

Depending on color and model, they can have some value bucolic_frolic May 2024 #1

Give them to a theater group. They'll be used as props. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #2

That's about right. They're obsolete. brush May 2024 #4

Great Idea! I have some things my wife wants gone. Lochloosa May 2024 #6

Contact your local high schools' drama clubs. mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #7

Will do Thanks Lochloosa May 2024 #15

They're technology of the past. Computers/printers have long since made white-out, correx tape and ribbons obsolete. brush May 2024 #3

I have my Mom's SARose May 2024 #5

One of my clients had a manual typewriter PJMcK May 2024 #8

Have some fun and take it to the library. Hotler May 2024 #9

Sold Prices on Online Auctions Koinos May 2024 #10

I actually sold an IBM Selectric for $400 a couple of years ago. sinkingfeeling May 2024 #11

To their advantage, they are hack-proof...... lastlib May 2024 #12

My parents had a manual typewriter, area51 May 2024 #13

Yes. I use my portable once a year Chipper Chat May 2024 #14

My father used an Underwood manual typewriter. Jeebo May 2024 #16

In my senior move manager job I always come across manual typewriters all the time kimbutgar May 2024 #17

They're still good for typing envelopes n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2024 #18