@chrisaldrich Nice purchase and thank you for the very extensive write up.
I've always really liked the look of those green keys and somehow the double shot letters on (in?) them look a bit richer than if they were just printed on.
The late '40's to 1950's design just seems more pleasing than the 1960's and later machines. It has that, made to last forever look.
@bradenslen Thanks. I feel like I'm getting reasonably good at fixing most of the common issues with minimally invasive techniques. I'm almost tempted to take over that repair shop in Boston, but it's a painful commute from Los Angeles...
How's your collection coming? Have you slowed down? Are you using them regularly?
@chrisaldrich I admire your fix-it and restoration talents and your ability to write about it so clearly.
I've had to put collecting on hold, as I ran out of room.
@bradenslen I fee your pain with respect to having room. I have discovered that there's just enough room under the wooden stand on my library card catalog to 'hide' four portables in cases.
My bigger 'room' issue is that I want to write late at night when everyone else is sleeping; I've been admonished against the noise. I need to convert some space into a padded soundproof room. If I do, it's going to include a wall of shelving to store my roost of typewriters.
@bradenslen Probably not. A typing room is a bit pie in the sky at the moment, though there have been discussions about refinishing the garage...
From Theodore Munk’s post 1954 Smith-Corona (SCM) Typewriter Type Styles and Keyboards Catalog in which he reproduces a copy of the 1954 catalog Type Styles and Keyboards for Smith-Corona Office Typewriters (Syracuse, NY: Smith-Corona, Inc.), they were offering a a keyboard Danish No. 1047 which came in either Pica No. 1 or Elite No. 66. (page 72).
My keyboard (1949) differs only slightly in layout from the one pictured there (1954), but the typeface appears to be the same Elite No. 66.