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Last summer, I sold my Royal KHM to Cincinnati writer Katherine Durack, who wanted to use it to type some of her research on Margaret Longley. Longley opened a typing school in Cincinnati, developed an eight-finger method, and published the world's first typing manual, Type-Writer Lessons for the Use of Teachers and Learners Adapted to Remington’s Perfected Type-W...

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New Yost renewed

Here's yesterday's find after I cleaned it, lubed it, touched up the paint, installed a new drawband (Kevlar kite string—very tough, but installing it on this typewriter is tricky), and polished. It is missing the wheel that runs along the front carriage rail. Anybody have a Yost parts machine?? href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmWFLrAUGz6-MkPmfzco2rixyB...

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What's at the crowded antique mall today?

A Smith-Corona Cougar Deluxe for $32.95:

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My heart sank when I saw this machine. 

A retired colleague found it in her garage. She believed it once belonged to her father. Could I restore it?

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