by Richard Polt | Oct 13, 2024 | repair
“Mateo” usually beats...
by Richard Polt | Jun 2, 2024 | repair, typewriter shops
We have reached a notable moment in the history of typewriters in the 21st century. Philly Typewriter has just graduated its first certified typewriter technician, Ryan Anderson, and is now officially opening a trade school. Bravo! “After four years of...
by Richard Polt | Oct 29, 2020 | Book review, Hispano-Olivetti, Olivetti, repair
I’ve found the perfect go-with for my Hispano-Olivetti M40.The second edition of La reparación de máquinas de escribir, by Mateo Marín Burgos, was published in Madrid in 1936, just at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. The subtitle promises that...
by Richard Polt | Feb 23, 2019 | repair, Smith-Corona
It was exciting to get a request to make a “house call” for typewriter repair this morning at the Contemporary Arts Center in downtown Cincinnati—a dramatic building designed by Zaha Hadid. Upstairs, an installation by artist Calcagno “Cal”...
by Richard Polt | Nov 2, 2018 | repair
The day after the extravaganza in Auburn, I stopped in Carmichael, next to Sacramento, to visit a large office machine store. It has been closed for about a decade, and the family is now trying to clear it out. They are looking for takers for machines, tools,...
by Richard Polt | Aug 14, 2018 | repair
On The Classic Typewriter Page:• Typewriter repair shops• Basic typewriter restoration • Owner’s and service manuals The Typewriter Revolution Project OOPRAP Urban Legend Typewriters web page and Facebook page Antique Typewriter Maintenance on...
