chrisaldrich
chrisaldrich
Acquisition: 1955 Royal Quiet De Luxe Portable Typewriter View down onto a 1955 Royal Quiet De Luxe Portable Typewriter with a gray body and green keys sitting on a polished wooden table.View down into the left side of the typewriter carriage on a 1955 Royal Quiet De Luxe. On the outside of the machine on the far left is a black thumbscrew knob which attaches to an unseen metal rod which actuates a gear that attaches through the hub for the typewriter's drawband just above the gear. Just above this is a small indicator wheel which appears to be set at about 3.5. boffosocko.com
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patrickrhone
patrickrhone

@chrisaldrich A beaut!

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mattypenny
mattypenny

@chrisaldrich it's funny that the typewriter is advertised as 'quiet', whereas many of us particularly enjoy the clickety-clack of a mechanical keyboard

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bradenslen
bradenslen

@chrisaldrich That's a beautiful addition to your collection. I'm a fan of these 40's and 50's Royal's.

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chrisaldrich
chrisaldrich

@mattypenny Based on reports (read: complaints) from family members, most mechanical keyboards are quieter than these old typewriters. When it comes to mid-century typewriters there are varying levels of what they considered "quiet". Many manufacturers added felt padding and custom rubber washers to their machines to dampen things down, especially for companies that had dozens of machines in a typing pool which could be quite loud.

Alternately, I have heard stories of companies piping in typing noise into their workspaces as a means of creating both ambience as well as trying to help up the level of productivity—presumably as an aural form of "body doubling". I won't bother to mention the ever-growing ASMR space...

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chrisaldrich
chrisaldrich

@bradenslen Thanks. I am hitting the upper limit on collection space as well as bandwidth to use them all in a regular rotation. I did manage to pick up an Olympia SM3 for $11 recently and I'm on the lookout for one or two bulkier standards, so one or two are going to have to go sooner or later. At least they'll leave me in far better condition than they arrived. If I keep this up at my recent rate, I'll have to open a typewriter repair/sales store.

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