tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post7460760649980008212..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Hispano Olivetti Pluma 22Robert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-43300343705542403722013-02-08T08:01:53.472+11:002013-02-08T08:01:53.472+11:00Thank you Florian, Peter, Richard, Mike, Miguel an...Thank you Florian, Peter, Richard, Mike, Miguel and Ted. These are all very interesting comments.<br />As well as this Pluma, I have also been working on a Sears Courier, made for Olivetti in Mexico. There are minor yet noticeable differences from the Ivrea and Glasgow-built 22s, which are identical.<br />I have no idea whether a different serial numbering system operated in Barcelona, but the marked segment, slightly displaced rubber sleeve on the platen and the gold rather than silver brushed metal on each end of the carriage indicate this Pluma is older than other 22s I have used. Because of its age, I found I had to replace the grommets and thereby tighten the frame to the base, which might account for the taut feel.<br />But the light touch and even print I find very unusual. All models differ from machine to machine, of course, but you'd have to wonder why one stands out so much from others in the line.<br />One very noticeable thing is that as the Lettera advanced into the 32, the design of the paper plate section, with paper supports and margin setters, went backwards but becoming more complicated. A difference on this (very early?) Pluma is that this section is so simple and straightforward that it's brilliant.<br />This Pluma is certainly alluring. Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-65025326643970928882013-02-08T07:16:46.761+11:002013-02-08T07:16:46.761+11:00I find Lettera 22's to be all over the place a...I find Lettera 22's to be all over the place as far as typing action is concerned. I've typed on a couple that were as dead-feeling as the Everest is said to be, a couple that were absolutely dreamy and electric-like in touch, and several that were better than average.<br /><br />When they're good, they're real good! (:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-41502585081683507572013-02-08T05:53:07.542+11:002013-02-08T05:53:07.542+11:00I'm baffled here. Is there any actual mechanic...I'm baffled here. Is there any actual mechanical-functional differences between the Pluma 22 and the Lettera 22? Or it's just a case of different badgings for different countries? <br /><br />In Mexico we never saw the Pluma name; the machines were all known as Lettera (even the Dora was marketed as a Lettera S). But apparently in South America they indeed were known as Pluma 22. Miguel Chávezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411154570699775904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-84042055941537272262013-02-08T04:10:01.210+11:002013-02-08T04:10:01.210+11:00What a strange machine! But, since it so resembles...What a strange machine! But, since it so resembles an electric Lettera, kind of alluring, in a way.<br /><br />Still not sold on the non-alcoholic scotch, though. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-68111089405205144462013-02-08T02:26:17.913+11:002013-02-08T02:26:17.913+11:00Beautiful typewriter. If the action is as light as...Beautiful typewriter. If the action is as light as a feather, that's most appropriate, since "pluma" means feather. It's interesting that it apparently does not feel like Lettera 22's made elsewhere.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-46180501298458986752013-02-08T02:25:15.235+11:002013-02-08T02:25:15.235+11:00what a nice typeface too!what a nice typeface too!notagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-70156259826438970222013-02-08T00:04:01.580+11:002013-02-08T00:04:01.580+11:00I add my Torpedo 18 to that category.I add my Torpedo 18 to that category.maschinengeschriebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955578932937697125noreply@blogger.com