A very scarce Melotpe-Export musical score typewriter,
1937,
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One of ten manufactured for export to the USA, one of just three known
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with horizontal typeface slide action, the circular keys with time signatures, full demi-quaver to rest symbols, fine-tune score line control drum to left, wide 1-inch ribbon format with sprung take-up spool, black painted cast iron frame based on the Meltype Archo model 10, typeface title plate decorated in gilt script on a five-bar score line with treble clef; with an original instruction manual of the Archo model 10 normal format typewriter from the same year, in German, bound paperback - 17in. (43cm) width max
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One of ten manufactured for export to the USA, one of just three known
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with horizontal typeface slide action, the circular keys with time signatures, full demi-quaver to rest symbols, fine-tune score line control drum to left, wide 1-inch ribbon format with sprung take-up spool, black painted cast iron frame based on the Meltype Archo model 10, typeface title plate decorated in gilt script on a five-bar score line with treble clef; with an original instruction manual of the Archo model 10 normal format typewriter from the same year, in German, bound paperback - 17in. (43cm) width max
Sold for
£2,000
inc. premium
Category: Collectibles / Scientific Instruments
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