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1960’s Working Olympia Splendid 33 Manual Typewriter Being Cleaned & Serviced

On the workbench today is this beautiful bright red Olympia Splendid 33 manual portable typewriter. This particular typewriter dates to 1960 or thereabouts, based on research. It arrived with sticking keys, a bell that didn’t work and the sound deadening material inside the typewriter had deteriorated to the point it was turning to dust, clogging up […]

1970’s Rare Olivetti Lettera 37 Portable Typewriter Being Cleaned and Serviced.

On the workbench today is a rather dirty Olivetti Lettera 37 manual portable typewriter from the 1970’s . The typewriter arrived to us in poor condition from the UK, it was neglected, dirty and some issues like the broken main spring and draw band, sticking keys plus screws, and springs rattling about inside the typewriter. […]

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