No. 31 - Typewriter of the Day: Erika Model 30

No. 31 - TOTD: Erika Model 30

We are almost beyond living memory of most of the major events of the last century.  All of the veterans of WW2 are gone now, all of the veterans from WW1 are truly gone.  When I a was a kid in the sixties, I knew quite a few elderly gentlemen who had served in the Great War.  By the time I was thirty they were all gone.  Seme now that I am over sixty with the veterans of the Second World War.  The typewriter of the day is an Erika Model 30 which was made in the GDR, East Germany, Those  who want to scare themselves if they remember the fall of the wall need to realize that  it came down twenty nine years ago.  Does time  fly!

Here is my little reminder of that time:

It was sitting in my collection, untouched, I pulled it out and ran some paper in  - Perfect!

Looking at the Classic Typewriter Page the only writer I could find who used an Erika was Bertolt Brecht.  




He is not using an Erika Model 30, nor does he have paper in his machine but he is enjoying  cigar.

WATCH: Moment UK Police Attacked by Sword-Wielding Man

WATCH: Moment UK Police Attacked by Sword-Wielding Man:



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Another reason to not go to Britain.



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Interglacial, or not interglacial? That is the question. | Friends of Science Calgary

Interglacial, or not interglacial? That is the question. | Friends of Science Calgary:



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For all of you looking suspiciously at the the snow that remains here is an interesting article on Cenozoic temperatures.



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Climate Change Could Make Opioid Crisis Worse, Claims Professor | Breitbart

Climate Change Could Make Opioid Crisis Worse, Claims Professor | Breitbart:



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False (and ridiculous) correlation.



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Islam Poised to Pass Anglicans as Preferred Religion of Britain’s Young Adults

Islam Poised to Pass Anglicans as Preferred Religion of Britain’s Young Adults:



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Another reason to not visit Britain.



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Neil Young Goes After ‘Lowlife’ Trump: ‘He’s Got to Go... I Don’t Care How It Happens’

Neil Young Goes After ‘Lowlife’ Trump: ‘He’s Got to Go... I Don’t Care How It Happens’:



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WTF has a Canadian got to say about the US President?  NeilYoug has to STFU.



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No 30 Typewriter of the Day - Series 3 TP2 Facit 1968

No 30 TOTD - Facit TP2  Series 3 (1968)

I was very surprised to find that Prince Bernadotte also designed the Facit TP2.  I found this looking up the serial number for this machine on the Typewriter Data Base.  I should do that for every machine.  This particular machine was sitting in my collection ignored and unrestored.  It is however almost the end for the run for TP2s, the following year it was replaced by the model 1620 which all the experts regard as a lessor machine.  Here it is:

As you can see there is no ribbon, spools missing, and it is stiff needing a cleaning and lube job.  I see it needs better feel as well the rubber is spalling.  I find most Facits have poor feet but looking at the design they should be easy to replace with something generic.

As for writers that use Facits the only person I have found so far is the Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann, (Which model - I think TP2).  Thanks to the Writing Ball Blog.