“I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.” ― Frank Lloyd Wright
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Royal KHM 1940 Typewriter, Special Order for Frank Lloyd Wright, W-I-D-E Carriage, Unique Type Fonts
1940 Royal KHM typewriter that as customized for Frank Lloyd Wright. 20" platen with custom slugs. Oversized mainspring for wide carriage.
Serial number KHM 20-92-2155513
Custom slugs include. <br /> - 3 space wide oval/Rectangle (Moved Q to effectuate this) - Circle with plus /2 - filed diamond/3 - filed circle/4 - plus/5 - double dagger/6 - octothorpe/7 - section/8 - filled triangle/9 - filled circle/0 - six point asterisk/ hollow square <br /> - ( / ) - , / empty circle (next to P and Q on second row) - $/+<br /> - 1/2 / & - - oval / larger square<br /> - % / ,<br /> - ; / . - : / pilcrow - " / _ - arrow up - thermometer-esque glyph
The extra-wide slugs were at either end of the basket. They moved the letter Q to the far side of the keyboard to fit the custom left slug into the machine.
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