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- Even though it may not be widespread, professional offices can use typewriters for addressing envelopes, filling out forms, and writing letters.
- Typewriters have some artistic appeal, such as Paul Auster and Sam Messer's "The Story of My Typewriter".
- Auster and Messer are not the only artists to use typewriters in their work. In 2001, Kevin O'Callaghan and a group of students from the New Yorks School of Visual Arts produced a series of art works using obsolete typewriters to create "The next best... ding!" (from Typewriter Museum)
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The Boston Typewriter Orchestra
The “Boston Typewriter Orchestra (BTO)” is a group of six young people who perform at various functions in the Boston area using old manual typewriters as musical instruments. Typewriters, in case you wondered, cannot actually play melodies, only percussion. The orchestra performs well-known pieces such as “Happy Birthday” and “Jingle Bells,” but it also plays original pieces such as “QWERTY Waltz.” In fact, the group has recently recorded and released their first CD, "The Revolution Will Be Typewritten".
To hear how a typewriter ensemble sounds, click on these links.
In September of 2006, the group was featured on the Fox and Friends morning show. It really would be worth your time to watch this short You Tube Video of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra’s television debut.
- According to officetronics.com, an office supplies online store, "Today in developed countries, typewriters are often used for offices that require typing applications for which a computer would not be practical. Typewriters are very popular amongst writers and in less developed countries." This particular store sells many brands of typewriters, including Smith-Corona, Brother, IBM, and Lexmark, but many are "re-conditioned."
- Popular business stores such as STAPLES sell typewriters, although they may range upwards of $300 and often have advanced capabilities, such as text display and spell check.
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- More information on Wikipedia Wikipedia
- Joyce Brittingham, who is the senior product manager for Brother, a Japanese electronics company, said Americans buy about 500,000 typewriters a year from her company, all of which are electric.
- Rival company Royal produces manual typewriters for Third World countries where electricity is scarce. They sell 200,000 a year in Mexico and Central America alone.
- Information from The Saudi Gazette
