Overbuilt, overengineered, and curvaceous. Those are the words that I would use to sum up the Voss ST24, a portable typewriter made in Germany. The example that I own was made in 1955. It features what is referred to as the “smiley face” design, with gulling style ribbon covers that swing open on either side …
Unbeknownst to me, it seems that I now have a national ( and beyond) distribution deal in place for a piece of my music! My thanks to the Right Reverend Theodore Munk for including my instrumental tune “Corn On The Cob” as part of the music compilation found in Episode 8 of his ongoing correspondence …
The last time that I updated this blog I noted that it had been more than a year since my last typewriter purchase. Yet I haven’t written about that machine as of yet. This is partly because the typewriter was not working when I received it, nor was I expecting it to based on the …
More than likely my typewriter buying days are now behind me. It has been more than a year since my last typewriter purchase. (More to come on that in a future blog post here on The Typewritemosphere. ) I am okay with this as it largely happened by design in my case. As a typewriter enthusiast living in …
Here in the recent past I couldn’t help but notice that a number of my fellow typecasters have returned to their respective blogs after much time away. They are effectively doing their part to ensure that the typosphere continues on, as it should be. In turn, they have inspired me to finally return to my …
I don’t need another typewriter. In fact, I’ve finally reached the point where I don’t really want another typewriter. As things stand right now, I have more than one good machine that just isn’t being used nearly often enough. I don’t like to have these machines sitting around unused. Yet I couldn’t say no to …
I tend to dig much of the industrial design that came out of the 1970’s. This is the primary reason that my Panasonic “Toot-A~Loop” AM radio is still with me after all of these years (50 years by my estimation). It seems that even as e child I recognized the brilliance behind Panasonic ‘s model …
This evening I was typing out a letter to one of my many Type-Pals. One of the things that this particular type~pal and I share in common besides typewriters is our love of music. We have quite a bit of crossover when it comes to much of the music that we like to listen to …
Have those of you who own multiple typewriters ever paused to think about why you bought the particular examples that you did? I’m not refering to those typewriters that were gifted, inherited, or found for free sitting out on the curbside, but to those examples that you spent your own money on. I found myself …
The first car that I bought was a 1972 Triumph Spitfire. That was back in 1978 as I had a thing for British sports cars when I was in high school. Though the brown over tan color scheme wouldn’t have been my first choice, such cars were practically impossible to come by in the rural …
