Smith-Corona Coronet Electric 10 typewriter w/case + ribbon, working perfectly. for Sale

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Smith-Corona Coronet Electric 10 typewriter w/case + ribbon, working perfectly. For Sale

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Smith-Corona Coronet Electric 10 typewriter w/case + ribbon, working perfectly.:
$145.00

Fresh from my work table, this is a handsome example of Smith-Corona\'s workhorse portable typewriter from the middle 1960s, the Coronet Electric 10. Here\'s a quick video of the machine in operation:

Smith-Corona Coronet 10 Electric typewriter at work

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I\'ve thoroughly cleaned and adjusted this machine, fitting it with a fresh bichrome ink ribbon. It comes with its original Trimline carrying case.Please take a close look at the typed specimen page. This is something you need to see if you\'re serious about putting a typewriter to use rather than merely setting it out on display. This typewriter\'s cosmetics are fine, but after all, the printed impression is the machine\'s final product. The type pitch you see here is pica, 10 characters to the inch.
I removed this typewriter\'s body shell to give the works a deep cleaning with brushes, solvents and compressed air. The bodywork, with its original Smith-Corona finish of metallic blue, cleaned up nicely; it does have a few light scratches in the paintwork, especially at the corners from transits in and out of the carrying case -- but overall this machine now presents handsomely on the desk.
Every function of this typewriter has been tested and attended to, and now works correctly. I\'ve gone through the usual checks and adjustments: the master trip, the end-of-line bell, the tabulator speed brake and the caps/lowercase alignment.
I know my way around Smith Corona\'s early electrics -- typewriters have been an enjoyable hobby for me now for more than 40 years, and I\'ve probably been through close to a hundred examples of this model. I\'m confident that this machine is now running smoothly, free of issues and ready for reliable service.Smith-Corona\'s early electric portables enjoy many admirers among typewriter enthusiasts. In her blog, myoldtypewriter.com, Mary Echevarria writes: \"I always say that I am not an electric typewriter person, and then I handle one of these SCM electrics and fall in love with it. They’re small, fairly lightweight, quiet, and nimble (when clean). The clear, consistent imprint is a wonder. They are as close to a manual typewriter as you can get.\"
For the typist, this machine is a pleasure. I\'m a 70-wpm touch typist and the Coronet sails along happily at that pace.
Ribbons for this typewriter are readily available and priced between $5 and $10 on ; the new ribbon I\'ve installed here should be good for several hundred pages. (A typewriter listed without a ribbon can\'t have been properly tested -- it\'s like a piano without strings.)
This model was Smith-Corona\'s second generation of electric portable, built from the mid-1960s into the early 1970s. (Because the pins that hold the ribbon spools are steel rather than plastic, I\'d guess this is an early Coronet.) A wheel under the machine\'s front lip lets you adjust the sensitivity of the keyboard\'s touch. This Coronet has the compact 10-inch carriage and a full keyboard including the numeral 1 and the exclamation point. It has three repeating keys which continue to type when held down: the x, dash, and period. Its power spacer function is activated when you hold the spacebar down -- helpful when filling out forms.
Please do review my seller response. I appreciate the importance of careful packing and will do my best to ensure that this machine reaches you intact. I welcome questions from buyers as they get comfortable with a new typewriter. And I wish you all the best in your typewriter hunting. Thanks for reading.