The Collection: Underwood Four-Bank Standard Typewirter

The Collection: Underwood Four-Bank Standard Typewriter In the series "The Collection". W6 Present the newest . . ‘ ' ' . . n this machines in the herd of maschinengeschrieben tlrb a issue, it's the Underwood Standard Four Bank Key oar . ° ' A I le tr e- In 1919, Underwood presented its first portabt d %p writer the Underwood Three-Bana. It was inven e y H S ,B rridae and should comP€t€ with the Standard Lee ' u’ e ’ C n 2 It was quite a success. vodlina Typewriter. the °T°»a ~- - . .¢n ’ , t Verv wandv machine. In its time. Th°ho 2 S 8. Cu. 39 ‘U :‘E kg.tV.'jew]1iteY‘S Since theyire people preferred Four- an .it% C - g 4 Fame into handier for %£§t1nS- In 1924* t“e '°r° a ' b.QtiCated the market. * ’Underwood 3, which was more s0P~1v d n 7 orddenly was old. In 1935. Underwee uOI‘OI’l8. )9 U4 -" 1. 9h. 0 C) 9 k th Underwood Four/Standard, Jeiu lno ,- S Dresented Te ’‘ + 0 m tpe hanavneos 0? its little with case’ 1tbW%S'tarlJgO3e tuied newl;eatur>s predecessor u l a-s i,au-'. 1 - I r ‘ J ' .. The Unaepwoed Pour became a success, and over l.2 mlll- ion were made between 1926 and l947, when lit was finally replaced by newer models. Nith that huge number 0 machines made, the Underwood four is one of the all-time best—rellers, together with the Corona 3. This particular machine, 456727, was made in 1929 in Qridgeport, Connectitut.'It was initially sold by L. Huber, Tel 1040, "Safran". Safran is not a place in Switzerland, but as Georg pointed out, it is a house of a guild in Basel. I got this machine a few kilometers outside of Basel, and it's very supposable that this machine stayed close to its point of sale in the old town of Basle. The Underwood Four features a manual ribbon reverse, color selection, a backspacer and manual margin release, which works on both sides. The spacing is set with the same lever as on the 50s- Underwood Finger-Flite. I am rather surprised by the little paper fingers, the same function as on Underwood 3s and early Corona As, since there's also a paper bail lever. I have no idea why they chose to use both approaches. The touch of the Underwood Four is nice, snappy, maybe a tit unusual in the beginning. It reminds me of the Continental 340, but is different. I especially like the numbers of this machine, they're some sort of filigrane: 1234567890. § I recommend getting one of the l.2 million of these machines. maschinengeschriaben.blogspot.c0m (‘ Underwood Four-Bank 455727 1927 This post was brought to you by The Typosphere