Special Purpose Typewriters
Namograph 'typed' on fountain pens - s/n 1903
practice keyboard (brand unknown)
Gritzner architects typewriter
Keaton Music Typewriter ca mid-1950s s/n 1148 The patent for this rather complicated machine was filed in 1949 but not granted until 1953! According to the instructions, this machine was "long awaited by music writers and printers to speed and ease their tasks- a machine designed solely to type precise music notation (not a refitted alphabet typewriter) and to do it swiftly and inexpensively". Swiftly? The only way to make this machine any slower would be to douse it in molasses... in January... in Maine!! Inexpensively? It was $255 when new; a new 1956 17" TV was only $115 in the Sears catalog! Had this machine truly been swift and inexpensive, it probably would have enjoyed more success. It's lack of success is probably why they are so rarely found! The inset picture shows it in its case.
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