I have a typewriter I just sort of stumbled upon.. I'm more interested in learning gregg shorthand than typing on it at the moment, but it is a freakin' BEAST! Must weigh 20-30 pounds. Yours looks much lighter.
Yeah there are very different kinds and sizes! It's one of the interesting things with these machines. For example, I have a Japy S18, it weighs almost 15 kg (32 pounds). I also have an Adler Contessa de Luxe, I don't know exactly but without the case it should weigh 3-4 kg (less than 10 pounds).
Just weighed it: 32.8 pounds. RC Allen. I wonder if they're so damn heavy for marketing--so they seem "serious". Or it could be because the mechanisms were stiff enough that otherwise you'd constantly be chasing the typewriter around a desk.
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schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 36d
Nice.
I have a typewriter I just sort of stumbled upon.. I'm more interested in learning gregg shorthand than typing on it at the moment, but it is a freakin' BEAST! Must weigh 20-30 pounds. Yours looks much lighter.
zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 36d
Yeah there are very different kinds and sizes! It's one of the interesting things with these machines. For example, I have a Japy S18, it weighs almost 15 kg (32 pounds). I also have an Adler Contessa de Luxe, I don't know exactly but without the case it should weigh 3-4 kg (less than 10 pounds).
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 35d
Just weighed it: 32.8 pounds. RC Allen. I wonder if they're so damn heavy for marketing--so they seem "serious". Or it could be because the mechanisms were stiff enough that otherwise you'd constantly be chasing the typewriter around a desk.