Typewriter?

Paulo Joe Jingy wrote on 01 May 2004:

There's also one in Germany in a "hard paper" (cardboard) case.

From the English desciption (the description is repeated in several
languages):

"You bid on a real very, very early olivetti lettera 22 -from 1950 -
from the poor postwar era -designed -created by marcello nizzoli
mechanic -fully working typewriter in his original travelbox made of
hard paper with the typical marcello nizzoli design typography the
box has some signs of the times but seems to be complete i know only
later models with artificial leather cases and a zip to close these
model seems to be the first one in rare bright lime greenyellow-
wellknown and placed in all design collections"

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RonB
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Otto Mation (Caroline Freisen) wrote:

Check eBay.

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The Lettera 22's have been selling for around $20 to $25.

They have a couple listed now. Both auctions end in about 1 day, 20
hours. One has one bid on it ($10.00). The other "has some paint
scratched off on both sides", and has no bids on it (starts at $7.99).


Paulo Joe Jingy

Go for it. I never used an electric typewriter; I went straight from a
manual machine to a Mac Plus. Personally, I think I'd go a little mad
if I had to work on the old 'literary piano' again; I'm too accustomed
to the ease of banging it all down and making corrections (or letting
the machine make corrections) later.

Bit of an aside; someone was posting, a couple of months back about
using a Palm Pilot (or something) and a fold-up keyboard for
screenplays. Too lazy to look on google just now (though I will later
tonight) but I found myself craving that little set-up this afternoon,
as I tried to scrawl notes for the piece I'm working on, on the back of
an envelope. Didn't have the 'puter with me, but I could have been
carrying that smaller rig.

Anybody what to chime in on how that combo's working out?

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Steven

On 30 Apr 2004 08:14:01 -0700, (Asbestos Jeff) wrote:

My Olivetti is so old it's a "Lettera 22." It's sitting on a shelf
above me right now. I love it! And so does Joe Esterhasz. A few
years aback, Olivetti announced it was discontinuing the Lettera, so
he went out and bought something like twenty of them. Never did find
out whether he bought a couple of crates of ribbons or not.

I think it's a great idea, Jeff. The great advantage to a portable
typewriter is you have to worry about taking a paper weight outside
with you instead of how much battery time you have left.

Go for it...!

Caroline
The Lettera 25 looks exactly like my 47 year old Lettera 22. The ONLY
problem with mine is I have "Bookman" type (similar to Times New
Roman) instead of Pica or Elite. I special ordered it from Italy.

Joe Eszterhas used nothing but manual typewriters. In fact, if you try to
download one of his screenplays off the internet (Jade), you will find it is
the typed version that has been scanned. It's harder than hell to read.

If you are making $4 million for your screenplays, it probably doesn't
matter too much, but otherwise you might want to consider the ease of
reading the finished product. The other issue with a manual typewriter is
the workout that your hands will be receiving. I would think your hands,
joints in particular, will be taking quite a beating.

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