"A great majority are brought in by the younger people, who are sort of rediscovering an old manual — the Royal, the Underwood, the Olivetti, or a Remington typewriter. They bring them to us and they have to be cleaned and washed and completely gone over to put them into tip-top condition, and I'm still doing that. Much to my surprise, a lot of the younger kids still want them."
-- Paul Schweitzer, Gramercy Typewriter Co.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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It was an article about these younger people in the NYTimes last April that propelled me once again into the wonderful world of typewriters.
What goes around, comes around.
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