195x Consul 1511 #ZP-155871
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Laurenz van Gaalen (Laurenz)
Created: 05-30-2025 at 10:14AM
Last Edit: 05-30-2025 at 10:15AM
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Description:
Hm. In order to adjust the type alignment or shift lock, the body has to be removed. In order to remove the body, the carriage has to be removed. In order to remove the carriage, you have to slide if off the rails. Luckily that is not too difficult, but I can’t help to find it a somewhat awkward procedure.
Doesn’t type as well as my early AIERTY Consul 1511, but I suspect that this machine has had a hard life and wasn’t treatened well (it needed a lot of work to get it back in shape). This reminds me once again that no typewriter is the same and that the typing experience can vary quite a lot between models.
P.S. The case is as elegant as it is practical.
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Hunter: Laurenz van Gaalen (Laurenz)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 2351
I live in The Netherlands.
Most common typewriter brands over here are Triumph/Adler, Olympia, Erika, Olivetti, Remington and Brother.
I collect and restore typewriters to learn about their design and to write with them.
laurenz@planet.nl
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