Sunday, April 28, 2024

Rio Rancho Type-In!


Lomo Colorado Library in Rio Rancho





Amongst the standout machines on display was this folding Hammond, brought by Bill Tefft:


We were also impressed with this Smith Premier No.10, with a business-oriented upper keyboard, while the lower keyboard are caps; there are four separate tabulator keys to the right:


Kevin brought this Olivetti 660C typebar electric, that was popular with many people, due to its ease of use:


My Corona Standard is an ever-popular machine, especially decked out with its candelabra:


I haven't brought this QWERTZ Triumph Norm 6 to a Type-In for several years, it was rather popular:


Another QWERTZ machine that's been absent is this Voss Modell 50, salvaged from John Lewis's back room and outfitted with a makeshift wooden ribbon cover that looks nothing like the original two-tiered bakelit version, but serves its purpose well enough:


I wanted to bring at least one standard machine, so this nice 1920 Underwood 5, a gift from Ted Munk, served well. The right front rubber foot fell off in my car, which I didn't find until today, so we propped up the corner with the gray typing mat. Time to order new feets from Anthony Villopi of Type Space:


Finally, here's a collage of typed work, culled from the leftover sheets after the event:


A big thanks to the staff at the Lomo Colorado Library in Rio Rancho, and especially to Matthew, Bill, Kevin and our special out-of-town guests, Ron & Susan.

4 Comments:

Blogger Ted said...

Delightful setting for a wonderful Type-In! Happy to see so much fun! (:

8:09 AM  
Blogger Bill M said...

Beautiful typewriters.

1:47 PM  
Blogger Ixzed23 said...

Those are wonderful machines to have at a type-in. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

11:33 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are some beautiful typewriters. How was the attendance at the event? I especially enjoyed the Underwood #5 photo.

3:39 PM  

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