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chrisaldrich
2024-05-08 12:09 am
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![White index card with the following quote typed onto it in blue elite typeface: If I had to keep only one typewriter, if I had to get rid of them all and only had one left... There is a version of this Smith-Corona which is the the Silent Smith-Corona. [...] Somewhere around whenever they started making this, the Smith Corona Silent and various other models that have the same silhouette. The rise on the keys is just almost perfect—going from an N to a Y requires almost nothing. The size of the type is not too big and not too small. But listen to the solidity of the action [types]. This is a solid, solid piece of machine. That's got beautiful highlights like the stripes here and there. The colors are good. I love the green keys. I would probably say that this with a good case would be the one typewriter I would take. And that's why it's kinda out [on my desk] right now. I rotate this one into use an awful lot. [He types: clack, clack] I confess. [clack, clack again as he types.] —Tom Hanks, in California Typewriter, 2016](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fboffosocko.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F05%2Fwp-17151265045807229784091795759502.jpg%3Ffit%3D750%252C500%26ssl%3D1)
![White index card with the following quote typed onto it in blue elite typeface:
If I had to keep only one typewriter, if I had to get rid of them all and only had one left... There is a version of this Smith-Corona which is the the Silent Smith-Corona. [...] Somewhere around whenever they started making this, the Smith Corona Silent and various other models that have the same silhouette. The rise on the keys is just almost perfect—going from an N to a Y requires almost nothing. The size of the type is not too big and not too small. But listen to the solidity of the action [types]. This is a solid, solid piece of machine. That's got beautiful highlights like the stripes here and there. The colors are good. I love the green keys. I would probably say that this with a good case would be the one typewriter I would take. And that's why it's kinda out [on my desk] right now. I rotate this one into use an awful lot. [He types: clack, clack] I confess. [clack, clack again as he types.]
—Tom Hanks, in California Typewriter, 2016](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fboffosocko.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F05%2Fwp-17151265045807229784091795759502.jpg%3Fresize%3D660%252C440%26ssl%3D1)
