Cincinnati type-in, April 26, 2014

The type-in was a very enjoyable event on a beautiful day, in the funky and hospitable Sitwells Coffee House. Brian Brumfield and the typin'est family in Ohio (all clad in "Yes, I WILL fix your typewriter!" T-shirts) were a major presence, as were Bryan and Heather Sherwood from Kentucky (also with great custom T-shirts). Cincinnati typewriter insurgents, both known and previously unknown to me, also attended. Here are a few random photos of the type-in and things typed there—including two excellent poems.

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The following sheet was typed on an Olympia SM3 USB typewriter:

And here's what came out on the screen of my laptop:

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The Brumfields brought a rare "cordless" electric Smith-Corona, in very nice condition. It actually does have a cord, but can also run on battery power. Brian managed to make some new batteries work in the machine.

My Blickensderfer № 6 was another popular typewriter.

As I typed above, "I brought the Blick 6 to the type-in at Ian [sorry, should be Connor] Brumfield's request. I took a new look at the squashed feed roller and found it could be replaced by a Royal feed roller." So my Blickcasts no longer have to look screwy, like this. I had installed an ink roller for a printing calculator, which got dried out; I tried soaking some WD-40 into it and the results were pretty good.

This trio of attendees included two poets: Billy Golden (L, on a wedge worthy of The Bumbys) and Sam McCormick (R, on a 1923 Remington portable no. 2 from The Urban Legend Institute)  

I asked Sam and Billy to write poems about the type-in, and they really delivered!

I'm looking forward to the next type-in!