Lettera 32 range for 1966 (Ivrea): approx. TWDB - 2634090 ** 1966 (Ivrea) (Source 6,29,30)Ĭonclusion: TWDB number for 1966 is likely mid-year sampling rather than Jan or Dec.
Lettera 32 range for 1965 (Ivrea): approx. TWDB - 2396736 ** 1965 (Ivrea) (Source 6,29,30)Ĭonclusion: TWDB number for 1965 is likely mid/late-year sampling rather than Jan or Dec. TWDB: Lettera 32 #9,317,504 (Barcelona) owned by John Munroe. TWDB: Lettera 32 #2,020,987 (Ivrea) owned by Piotr Trumpiel. They seem to be samples from the middle of the year. Turns out they aren’t December *OR* January. Some time suspected that our Olivetti numbers were DECEMBER rather than January, so that’s where I put them. Once I had compiled the inventory dates, I brought in the dates from the current TWDB Olivetti page for the Lettera 32. Early in 1964 MTE ordered their first batch, which arrived that March, and after that they never ordered the 22’s ever That only lasted a couple of years before the Lettera 32 was MTE had an Underwood dealership before the Olivetti takeover, and so they converted in 1961 to carrying new Olivettis, starting with Lettera 22’s and Studio 44’s. *back* over it and typed up the batch numbers and dates. Once I had a long JPG of the result, I went Still, I spent about 3 hours in photoshop, justĬutting the batches of new Lettera 32’s out of the long lists and putting them in order. Trade-ins cost a nice round small number like $5 or $10 or $20 and come singly. Machines come in batches on the same day and cost a very specific amount, down to the cents like $49.12 or something like that. Trade-ins as well as new machines on the same sheets and didn’t note them differently, but it’s easy to tell which is which. Had to be done: I had to first find all the Olivetti sections and then scan them. Well, there I had the Olivetti section open anyway, let’s take a stab at the enigmatic and mysterious Lettera 32. I needed a mystery I could solve quickly. Targets were too varied to make a focused effort.
I could nail a few of the machines in the database, but the
#OLIVETTI SCRIPT STUDIO 44 SERIAL NUMBER#
Too many models, each with their own serial number runs for almost every variation. Good enough to work with, but SCM is too scattered to make a good stab at. Myself looking at nicely matching groups and dates, if you assume about 3 months of lead time on average between production and the Last night I poked around the Smith-Corona and Olympia sections, checking dates against known good ones in the TWDB, and found Thirty-seven years worth of handwritten notes in pencil by (from my count) at least five different hands. New and used typewriter that passed through the doors of MTE between 19.
#OLIVETTI SCRIPT STUDIO 44 SERIAL NUMBERS#
Four legal-sized columnar notebooks filled with serial numbers and dates entered into inventory for every MTE Inventory and Sales records, 1950 to 1987īehold: The Rosetta Stone.
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