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