The models
Typewriters, model by model
Every model has its own page: its history, how it types, the ribbon that suits it, and the restored machines currently available at the workshop. Everything you need to recognise a machine before you buy it.
The Hermes Baby was designed to lie flat in a suitcase.
The model pages
Pick a machine, read its page
Hermes BabySwitzerland · 1935Read the guide
Hermes 3000Switzerland · 1958Read the guide
Olivetti Lettera 32Italy · Olivetti portableRead the guide
Olivetti Lettera 35Italy · Olivetti portableRead the guide
Olivetti ValentineItaly · 1968Read the guide
Olympia Traveller de LuxeGermany · OlympiaRead the guide
Olympia SMGermany · OlympiaRead the guide
Olympia SplendidGermany · OlympiaRead the guide
Brother 210Japan · 1970sRead the guide
Olivetti StudioItaly · from 1935Read the guide
Groma KolibriEast Germany · 1950sRead the guide
Remington NoiselessUSA · silent mechanismRead the guide
PrincessGermany · from 1948Read the guide
Underwood 315Italy · 1970sRead the guide
Brother 100Japan · 1960sRead the guide
Erika 4Germany · folding portableRead the guide
Royal Quiet De LuxeUSA · from 1939Read the guide
Corona StandardUSA · 1943Read the guide
Corona 3 XC-DUSA · folding, 1914Read the guide
In every page
What you'll find there
Its history
The year it came out, the factory, what the model brought to typewriting, and why it is still recognised today.
Its typing feel
Weight, size, noise, the softness of the keyboard. What you actually feel under your fingers.
Its ribbon
The reference that fits it, available at the workshop, and how to change it without any tools.
Its machines
The machines of this model currently restored, with their colour, keyboard layout and price.
Matypo workshop
Once you've chosen a model
All that's left is to pick the colour and the keyboard layout. Each page lists the machines of that model that are ready to ship today, with their price. The shop, for its part, shows them all together.
See available machines