Miss Dilettante of the Secretarial Pool

I dusted off my old manual typewriter a few days ago. I’ve owned this machine for decades, and it used to work. But after being subjected to a long-distance move (from Hawaii to Utah) and having been shuffled around in storage for the past four years, it is acting a bit recalcitrant. I can’t say I blame the poor thing. After all, I’ve neglected and ignored it completely, other than shoving it from one side of the storage barn to the other.

Miss Noir, Senior Secretary of the Secretarial Pool

Thanks to the amazing Typewriter Database web site, after finding the serial number I was able to identify this machine as an Underwood Model SS, manufactured sometime between 1 May 1946 and 1 July 1946.

I am hoping that the fascinating, informative, and quirky Type-o-Sphere website will offer some useful tips for getting this machine back in to working order. As an additional information source, I have placed an order for a typewriter repair manual, The Manual Typewriter Repair Bible by Ted Munk.

I would say “I’ll keep you posted,” but updating this blog is not something I often do. Or even do rarely.