1927 Royal #10

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Another Glass-Sided Royal Beauty

NOTE: the narrative for this 1927 Royal #10 is identical to that of the 1926 model.

This workhorse typewriter is considered to be one of the sturdiest, most dependable manual typewriters ever made.

This typewriter is a descendent of two other Royal Standard Flatbed #5 machines in this collection dated 1907 and 1912. The main difference with this current machine is that the #10 was redesigned to look more like the modern typewriters of its day, with a taller frame and another distinctive feature — beveled glass panels on each side of the machine, providing views of the working mechanism inside.

The #10 could accommodate 2-color ribbons and also included a stencil setting for use in mimeograph machine reproduction.

Other features included are a reversible ribbon direction selector, four adjustable tabs and right and left side carriage stops. This machine includes a 10 inch wide platen.

Margin release and backspace keys are also included as well as right and left side shift keys.

The wide variety of keys, levers, knobs, rollers, spools, swinging ribbon doors, line space settings, lift-and-release handles, as well as other adjustments available to the operator, were fascinating to me as a child.

This specific machine has been reconditioned and repainted over the years and remains functional even today.
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The 1927 Royal #10 uses a 4-row, Qwerty, 42-key, frontstrike impact mechanism.
Overall condition: Good
Year: 1927
Serial No.: X-1125046
Type language: English
Manufactured by the Royal Typewriter Company, New York, New York, USA.