Richard: My serial number is about 1,000 lower than yours 215XXXX.
The extra lever’s are a mystery… the letters are almost worn off so uncertain as to what purpose they serve… The far left (going down) L M H, the next lever is C N R. On the right C N R and B S R. I assume that L M H is a pressure setting for the key. And B S R is a ribbon setting (Black – RED).
I found one today in a thrift shop for $8.50. I had not heard of the make before & it needs a good cleaning. I’m quite excited about it! Trying to find out something about her–she has orange keys. Definitely needs a good cleaning & a new ribbon.
Angie:
RC Allen bought out the Woodstock Typewriter around 1950, renamed the typewriter RC Allen and made them into the l970’s. I also own a 1917 Woodstock. Well made machines and good to type with. I had not heard much of them when I first started collecting which is odd in the since that they were around in one form or another for over 50 years.
I need to clean the machine, and it seems to have some issues with jumping ahead several spaces and some other mechanical issues. Keys are in pristine shape & like I said, they are an interesting coral color. I have not been able to find a picture of another machine like this.
Finding a great typeface in the wild is always a joy. Congrats on your acquisition!
Nifty!
I too have a script VisOMatic:
http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/visomatic.jpg
But I see that our carriage return levers are different, and you also have two extra levers on the front panel that make me curious.
My serial number is #8-2163312 13 — what’s yours?
And how many typewriters do you have, anyway?
Dwayne F. It was a suprise to find… and even better that it works so well. Thannks for the comment.
Richard: My serial number is about 1,000 lower than yours 215XXXX.
The extra lever’s are a mystery… the letters are almost worn off so uncertain as to what purpose they serve… The far left (going down) L M H, the next lever is C N R. On the right C N R and B S R. I assume that L M H is a pressure setting for the key. And B S R is a ribbon setting (Black – RED).
You must be right about LMH and BSR (S = stencil). As for CNR … I’ll have to think about that one!
Richard: Thanks… I would be interested in finding out. With two rows of CNR… they must have served some purpose.
GEE
I found one today in a thrift shop for $8.50. I had not heard of the make before & it needs a good cleaning. I’m quite excited about it! Trying to find out something about her–she has orange keys. Definitely needs a good cleaning & a new ribbon.
Angie:
RC Allen bought out the Woodstock Typewriter around 1950, renamed the typewriter RC Allen and made them into the l970’s. I also own a 1917 Woodstock. Well made machines and good to type with. I had not heard much of them when I first started collecting which is odd in the since that they were around in one form or another for over 50 years.
I need to clean the machine, and it seems to have some issues with jumping ahead several spaces and some other mechanical issues. Keys are in pristine shape & like I said, they are an interesting coral color. I have not been able to find a picture of another machine like this.