1957 Groma Kolibri #600906
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
Created: 03-13-2023 at 10:44AM
Last Edit: 03-13-2023 at 11:03AM
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Description:
Machine sold on the US market with a QWERTY keyboard.
I purchased this broken machine from a collector in Colorado which had received it damaged due to poor packing.
I don't think the shell can be repaired, therefore I am using the mechanism to replace the one from my other Kolibri #689079 and using three of its typebars and key tops to convert it into a French Canadian keyboard layout.
Surprisingly, this one has a type pitch of 2.25 mm per caracter while #689079 is a 2.6 mm pitch yet, the types and slugs are identical in size and are interchangeable.
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Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
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Bonjour! I am from the region of Montreal, Quebec and moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1992.
Amateur watchmaker and machinist, I love anything mechanical, hydraulic or electric. I have restored American and Canadian clocks and small lathes, milling machines and a jig bore.
Most of my typewriters have French Canadian QWERTY keyboards, with some exception for rare finds.
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