As expected, today's three-hour typewriter workshop in Sydney turned into a Type-In - only the second in Australia and the first in Sydney.
The occasion was the conference of the Australasian Society of Forensic Document Examiners.
For the workshop, I took along 37 typewriters (17 of which were pressed into acti0n):
Remington 2
2 Remington upstrike demonstration machines
Salem Hall Index
Blickensderfer 5
Simplex Index (1st model)
Monarch standard
Standard Folding
Junior (Bennett)
Bennett
Corona 3
Underwood 3
Simplex Index (1913 model)
Imperial Model B
Noiseless portable
Hammond Multiplex
Mignon
Adler Favorit
Underwood 4 (USB)
Bijou Model S
Erika Model 5
Underwood standard
Underwood Noiseless 77
Remington Model 1 portable
Everest Model 80
Hermes 2000
Olympia Robust
Olympia Plana
Royal Quiet Deluxe (gold-plated)
Olympia Monica
Groma Kolibri
Rooy
Imperial 65
Olivetti Praxis 48
Olivetti Valentine
Mock S & G
Brother crossover electronic typewriter
The event was appropriately held at 300 Elizabeth Street, across the road from Sydney Central Railway Station. On the same street, just two blocks back up the hill, closer to the bustling heart of Sydney City itself, was the building once called "Remington House". This establishment, owned by the Chartres brothers, was where in the 1930s US-made parts were assembled by Australian workers into "Australian Built" Remingtons - the closest we have ever come to having our own typewriter industry.
The three-hour workshop was a great success and at the end of it I was even presented with a certificate and a lovely gift (no, not a typewriter, but another writing implement, one Bill, Adwoa or Tino would love). It was a 12-hour round trip from Canberra, laden down with 37 typewriters, but one that was much appreciated and very much well worth the effort:
The occasion was the conference of the Australasian Society of Forensic Document Examiners.
For the workshop, I took along 37 typewriters (17 of which were pressed into acti0n):
Remington 2
2 Remington upstrike demonstration machines
Salem Hall Index
Blickensderfer 5
Simplex Index (1st model)
Monarch standard
Standard Folding
Junior (Bennett)
Bennett
Corona 3
Underwood 3
Simplex Index (1913 model)
Imperial Model B
Noiseless portable
Hammond Multiplex
Mignon
Adler Favorit
Underwood 4 (USB)
Bijou Model S
Erika Model 5
Underwood standard
Underwood Noiseless 77
Remington Model 1 portable
Everest Model 80
Hermes 2000
Olympia Robust
Olympia Plana
Royal Quiet Deluxe (gold-plated)
Olympia Monica
Groma Kolibri
Rooy
Imperial 65
Olivetti Praxis 48
Olivetti Valentine
Mock S & G
Brother crossover electronic typewriter
The event was appropriately held at 300 Elizabeth Street, across the road from Sydney Central Railway Station. On the same street, just two blocks back up the hill, closer to the bustling heart of Sydney City itself, was the building once called "Remington House". This establishment, owned by the Chartres brothers, was where in the 1930s US-made parts were assembled by Australian workers into "Australian Built" Remingtons - the closest we have ever come to having our own typewriter industry.
The three-hour workshop was a great success and at the end of it I was even presented with a certificate and a lovely gift (no, not a typewriter, but another writing implement, one Bill, Adwoa or Tino would love). It was a 12-hour round trip from Canberra, laden down with 37 typewriters, but one that was much appreciated and very much well worth the effort: