Musicwiter / Typewriter [Olympia]
Maker and role
Olympia International, Manufacturer
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Object detail
Accession number
2001.8
Maker
Description
Olympia typewriter for printing music. Electric typewriter for typing musical score. With a wide carriage. White and grey metal body. Grey keys with musical notation printed in off-white.
The machine is a modified standard office typewriter with a dead carriage, meaning it doesn't advance when you press a key, only when you press the space bar, which does also half spaces. There is also a vernier left-right adjustment, present as a small metal knob below the left carriage knob. There is a pointer to the right of the center guide that lifts out of place, and that points to the center of the character to be typed. The operator keeps his left hand on the left knob to control the roller, the right thumb on the space bar, and the other four fingers on the home row.
The machine is a modified standard office typewriter with a dead carriage, meaning it doesn't advance when you press a key, only when you press the space bar, which does also half spaces. There is also a vernier left-right adjustment, present as a small metal knob below the left carriage knob. There is a pointer to the right of the center guide that lifts out of place, and that points to the center of the character to be typed. The operator keeps his left hand on the left knob to control the roller, the right thumb on the space bar, and the other four fingers on the home row.
Marks
OLYMPIA Maker's Mark
Musicwriter / CUSTOM MODIFIED BY / MUSIC PRINT CORP. Maker's Mark
Musicwriter / PATENTED TYPEWRITER / U.S. Patent No. 2,672,228 and 2,904,156; / Canada, Patented 1955, No. 511,941; / Great Britain, No. 712,430, Nov. 3, 1954; / Switzerland, Patent No. 298,526; / Germany DBP 909, 101. Other Pat. Pending. / Trade Mark registered U.S. Pat. Off. / MUSIC PRINT CORPORATION / BOULDER, COLORADO, U.S.A. Maker's Plate
Musicwriter / CUSTOM MODIFIED BY / MUSIC PRINT CORP. Maker's Mark
Musicwriter / PATENTED TYPEWRITER / U.S. Patent No. 2,672,228 and 2,904,156; / Canada, Patented 1955, No. 511,941; / Great Britain, No. 712,430, Nov. 3, 1954; / Switzerland, Patent No. 298,526; / Germany DBP 909, 101. Other Pat. Pending. / Trade Mark registered U.S. Pat. Off. / MUSIC PRINT CORPORATION / BOULDER, COLORADO, U.S.A. Maker's Plate
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Olympia International. Musicwiter / Typewriter [Olympia], 2001.8. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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