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Miss Dilettante of the Secretarial Pool<\/i><\/p>\nMiss Dilettante of the Secretarial Pool<\/i><\/p>\n
I dusted off my old manual typewriter a few days ago. I’ve owned this machine for decades, and it used to work. But after being subjected to a long-distance move (from Hawaii to Utah) and having been shuffled around in storage for the past four years, it is acting a bit recalcitrant. I can’t say I blame the poor thing. After all, I’ve neglected and ignored it completely, other than shoving it from one side of the storage barn to the other.<\/p>\n
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Miss Noir, Senior Secretary of the Secretarial Pool<\/em><\/p>\n Thanks to the amazing Typewriter Database web site<\/a>, after finding the serial number I was able to identify this machine as an Underwood Model SS, manufactured sometime between 1 May 1946 and 1 July 1946.<\/p>\n I am hoping that the fascinating, informative, and quirky Type-o-Sphere website<\/a> will offer some useful tips for getting this machine back in to working order. As an additional information source, I have placed an order for a typewriter repair manual, The Manual Typewriter Repair Bible<\/em><\/a> by Ted Munk.<\/p>\n I would say “I’ll keep you posted,” but updating this blog is not something I often do. Or even do rarely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miss Dilettante of the Secretarial Pool I dusted off my old manual typewriter a few days ago. I’ve owned this machine for decades, and it used to work. But after being subjected to a long-distance move (from Hawaii to Utah) and having been shuffled around in storage for the past four years, it is acting … Continue reading Typewriter Identification<\/span>