tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post3022178780332334381..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Underwood Portable Typewriters 1919-1991: Part TwoRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-68535328601065944962014-04-03T00:45:19.377+11:002014-04-03T00:45:19.377+11:00The attempt to make a "convertible" nois...The attempt to make a "convertible" noiseless may explain <a href="http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/ephemera/Ad%20-%20Remington%20Noiseless%208.jpg" rel="nofollow">this queerly worded ad</a> for the Noiseless 8: "This new Remington Noiseless makes it possible to turn off, by the mere touch of a button, the staccato, nerve-wracking clatter of typewriting."<br /><br />Machines of Loving Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09286532870875619199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-62218672465679954372011-11-22T13:56:49.565+11:002011-11-22T13:56:49.565+11:00Very nice article! I've enjoyed both part I an...Very nice article! I've enjoyed both part I and II. The Underwoods are really special and unique machines. I grew up with one of them. I now have a 1927 Standard four Bank Portable and a Noiseless. That Noiseless is a really unique work of engineering. Thanks for your great series.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.com