tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post5042571315205312726..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Mexicano MusicwriterRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-40234194573711929242015-06-02T15:55:37.510+10:002015-06-02T15:55:37.510+10:00HI there we own one of these! Really curious as to...HI there we own one of these! Really curious as to the history and if there is anyone out there who would care to purchase it from us!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14522635669772451451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-49379779917094621102015-03-14T17:41:49.425+11:002015-03-14T17:41:49.425+11:00Hi, I'm the Michael Wade in your Musicwriter a...Hi, I'm the Michael Wade in your Musicwriter article (but not the one in the photo with Yvonne Elliman). If you'd like to ask me anything about it, you can email me from my website national obsession.com.au.<br /><br />Mike WadeMike Wadehttp://nationalobsession.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-20537423953970676702014-09-27T05:35:08.769+10:002014-09-27T05:35:08.769+10:00I bought a Music Writer on eBay just a few weeks b...I bought a Music Writer on eBay just a few weeks back. It came from Toronto. I have only just begun to explore its use, and bought a case of the carbon ribbons shown at typosphere.blogspot.com from Michael Holt.<br /><br />It's a machine that excites even people who don't know typewriters or music. But I have to say, as a composer, this is going to take a long time to master. It is very much like music engraving, in terms of plotting the spacing of staves, notes, and every other element. My years on Finale spoiled me! <br /><br />More information, including some of the original manual, are available here (http://www.musicprintinghistory.org/music-typewriters/39-musicwriter.html). Thank goodness I found that site, or I would have wondered if my Music Writer was broken!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323459510219105065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-49861579351381243892014-09-25T07:04:31.732+10:002014-09-25T07:04:31.732+10:00That's so cool!That's so cool! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-20514411355588087092014-09-24T11:55:45.565+10:002014-09-24T11:55:45.565+10:00Very interesting!
The Olympia SG-3 was a very pop...Very interesting!<br /><br />The Olympia SG-3 was a very popular machine in Mexico. It was made here from the early 1970s until the mid- or late-nineties; I have one with 21" wide carriage that was still disassembled in its original cartons when I bought it. Very nice machine to work with. <br /><br />The Olympia factory was located in Los Reyes La Paz, near Mexico City. This factory produced SG-3 models to be used mainly in all levels of government: from post offices to hospitals and state agencies and everywhere in between. The earlier models, made in the mid-70s, included a plate riveted to the base that read, "homologated for use in the Public Sector". <br /><br />Even today you can see Mexican SG-3 typewriters in many offices. My local post office still has one, and not long ago I saw a batch of these big old reliable machines working hard keeping patients records in a hospital. It's nice to see that this model was adapted to such a specialized use, and nicer still to see that Made in Mexico label on it. <br /><br />BTW, judging by the Olympia logo on the front cover (a plastic piece riveted to the metal case, instead of a painted stencil as in my machine) I can tell that the Musicwriter was made in the mid-1980s or so. Miguel Chávezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411154570699775904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-49492608602120075412014-09-24T10:58:24.061+10:002014-09-24T10:58:24.061+10:00VEry interesting type----musicwriter. I've se...VEry interesting type----musicwriter. I've seen a photo of a real old one. This is the first I've ever seen a newer one or one being used. Very intersting machine. Thank you for the post.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.com