Currently trying to hunt down a Letter 22 or 32. It was mostly filled with eraser dust, a bit stiff at the inner joints, and the bell didn’t catch. Typewriter enthusiast located in Charleston, SC. We have always insisted that Hermes 3000 ( 2000 as well), Hermes Media 3 and Even the Baby Hermes are Smoothest typewriters to Type on due to the fact they have a rare and special dynamic in their Keys making it Excellent for long hours of Typing with no Pressure on the Fingers. For now.)Īnyway, it’s more than time to simply write. ![]() With that, and some recent repairs and tweaks to already beloved machines, I have a sense that my typewriter collection is full. The surprise, unasked for was all the more pleasant. I love that the Hermes was stumbled upon as a moment of respite from the chaos of Covid. I’m posting this online because actual repair experience is one of the best home teachers, and if one. So it is the first linked posting to my new social media author page, created to adapt to a policy change. It takes me right back to the feel of the keys on an electric typewriter I used as a teenager in the early 80s for Dorothea Brande’s version of Morning Pages.įor the life of us, neither my mother nor I can remember what model that office caste-off typewriter was (or indeed what happened to it), but the chunky-keyed, smooth as heck Hermes whisks me away to early morning writing sessions at my childhood desk in Norwich, England, and I am smitten. This article, and the typewriter repair I enacted, is a matter of devotion to tools of craft and heritage. It’s out, ready to use almost daily, or on a nearby shelf in the studio, and I’m surprised just how much I like this unlooked for Swiss machine. It is now one of my top three go-to machines and types as good as new. The price was so reasonable-two bags of Trader Joe’s groceries, my variable for most measurements of dollars-that I sprung for a re-covered platen and a tune up over at Cambridge Typewriter. I went, cash in hand, mask on face, and it was a beauty, scarcely a scratch on its minty green paint. Surprisingly it had been listed for five days already and now the price was discounted. It looked to be in great shape-margin ribbon indicators still sprung, platen knobs both there and uncracked. We have found a beautiful Hermes 3000 portable typewriter the serial 3161193 I looked on the serial data base but I didn’t find it I’m just trying to figure out the age. I was just fine without one.īut deals can be found and when a 1970 Hermes 3000 popped up locally on Facebook Marketplace, I was intrigued. ![]() Since Tom Hanks declared his love for the Hermes, demand has been high and the prices higher. ![]() I did not expect to jump on the Hermes typewriter bandwagon.
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