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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/FRONT-STROKE/MUSIC
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0364.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Smith Corona Marchant Corp.
- MODEL
- MUSICWRITER
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- M6LT100211
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CASE: METAL WITH SYNTHETIC COVERING AND HANDLE; TYPEWRITER: METAL BODY; SYNTHETIC KEYS, KNOBS, AND TOP PANEL; CLOTH TAPE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.5 cm
- Width
- 38.0 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SCM
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- THIS MACHINE WAS PROBABLY USED FROM THE 1970S TO THE 1980S [DONOR'S COMMENTS]
- Canada
-
USED BY DR. FRANK E. GAMBLE, PROFESSOR IN MUSIC EDUCATION DEPT., UBC (1960-1982) - Function
-
USED TO PRINT MUSICAL NOTES, SYMBOLS ETC. ON PAPER, MANUALLY. - Technical
-
TYPEWRITERS ADAPTED FOR TRANSCRIBINGOF MUSIC NOTATION DATE FROM 1887 (THE TACHIGRAFO MUSICALE - ITALY). EARLIEST VERSIONS PRINTED LEDGER LINES AS WELL AS THE SCORE. BY 1920S MUSIC WAS PRINTED ON LITHOGRAPHIC TRANSFERS, AS COPY FOR PHOTOENGRAVERS; OR USED TO PREPARE WAX STENCILS FOR DUPLICATING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON ROLLER BAR: 'Musicwriter'/ PRINTED ON BACK BAR '0' TO '130' IN SEGMENTS OF TEN/ ON FRONT PANEL: 'SCM SMITH-CORONA'/ MUSIC NOTATIONS AND NUMBERS OF KEYS/ DECAL AFFIXED UNDERNEATH: 'Musicwriter/ PATENTED TYPEWRITER/ U.S. Patent No. 2,672,228 and 2,904,156;/ Canada, Patented 1955, No. 511,941;/ Great Britain, No. 712,430, Nov. 3, 1954;/ Switzerland, Patent No. 298,526;/ Germany DBP 909,101 Other Pat Pending./ Trade Mark registered U.S. Pat. Off./ MUSIC PRINT CORPORATION/ BOULDER, COLORADO, U.S.A.'/ PRINTED ON FRONT OF CASE: 'SCM/ SMITH-CORONA'/ LABEL INSIDE LID/ 'MADE WITH SKILL/ PACKED WITH CARE/ SCM CORPORATION/ SCM [LOGO]'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- CASE: FAUX LEATHER COVERING: DARK GREY; BLACK HANDLE; SHINY METAL TRIM AROUND EDGES/ TYPEWRITER: LIGHT GREEN BODY; IVORY COLOURED KEYS, FRONT PANEL, AND ROLLER KNOBS WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Smith Corona Marchant Corp., Typewriter, after 1955, Artifact no. 1997.0364, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0364.001/
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