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Royal typerider11/2/2022 ![]() ![]() However, the HH was pretty clean to start with. If this HH had had a dirtier shell, I would have pulled out the Scrubbing Bubbles and a tooth brush and cleaned the crinkle paint exterior. By Uyvsdi (Own work), via Wikimedia CommonsThis HH is a serious typist’s typewriter. “Loyal Royal,” typewriter of Herb Caen, longstanding columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle, on display in the lobby of the Chronicle Building on 5th Street in San Francisco, CA. Moving on, here’s a picture of Herb Caen, a well-known San Francisco columnist who swore by his “Loyal Royal”. Munk posted recently about a similar feature on Royal portables of the early 50s. Perhaps the machine needed more cleaning to appreciate the subtleties of the control. I played with it, turning it up and down and felt no difference. Here is the description of carriage control from the Royal HH manual: The Royal HH has a “carriage control” knob. Fortunately, the erratic left margin seemed to work itself out with exercise. I find that Royals often exhibit this behavior. Lovely! When I first started typing, the left margin was a little “soft”, returning irregularly to the left. ![]() I wound new red and black ribbon onto the old spools and tested. The old metal spools are the distinctive Royal style. I wiped the key tops down with Goo Gone and the white coating came off. A lot of people call it mold or fungus, but I think it’s a chemical precipitate that affects plastics of the era. The keytops had the frost often seen on Royals of this vintage. I vigorously scrubbed the platen with Soft Scrub to remove embedded white of the correcting tape. I then wiped out the eraser crumbs, gunky fluff, and correcting tape dandruff with a lightly damp rag and Q-tips. After a first cleaning pass, the typebars were all swinging easily. a fresh ribbon to rewind onto the old spoolsĪfter draping the shell carefully with rags, I scrubbed the type slugs and segment with mineral spirits.a bamboo skewer for getting into tight spots. ![]()
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