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Etcetera No. 95, Septiembre 2011 ETCetera no. 95, septiembre 2011 Traducción castellana por Fransu Marín Notas del Editor público. Sacan sus máquinas y sorprenden Solicite información o una demostración”. En a la gente! No creo que haya sido probado 1917, se añadió a la publicidad la frase “aún Alan Seaver ha escrito un magniico ar- todavía. Aquí, en Cincinnati no sé donde disponibles en stock “. Al menos el 13 de di- tículo sobre la Midwest Typefest 20, que se podría encontrar suicientes voluntarios ciembre de 1918, un anuncio un poco di- celebro en mi casa, que puedes encontrar dispuestos. Pero hay lugares mas apropia- ferente para la Multiplex decía que había en número de agosto de la revista Typex , dos, por ejemplo, Melbourne (ver la historia “todavía algunas máquinas de Hammond No. junto con un artículo mecanograiado en de la página 6). 2 en stock”. En marzo de 1919, la Multiplex una Oliver por Marty Rice sobre la reunión Si te ijas bien en los dos documentos (también llamada “último modelo”) estaba de Delaware. Aquí sólo voy a mencionar con membrete de la página 14 de este nú- directamente disponible en stock, pero algunas de las actividades de la Typefest: mero verás que al menos había disponibles sólo en cantidades limitadas. Mas tarde, quedamos embelesados con cada una de dos tipos de letra mayúsculas diferentes en abril de 1921, se publicó un anuncio sor- las máquinas de los demás, celebramos para la Sholes y Glidden. (Observad las di- prendente: “debido a cambios por la nueva una subasta de una máquina de escribir en ferencias en los números) Ahora puedo Hammond Multiplex, tenemos en stock máqui- directo, visitamos una feria local de anti- proporcionar las dos fuentes Sholes Glidden nas de escribir visibles usadas. Estas están a la güedades, llevamos a cabo un concurso de distintas a cualquier persona que lo solici- venta por poco dinero”. Supongo que todavía mecanografía de diez minutos (que ganó te por e-mail. Considerad la instalación de se puede considerar un anuncio Multiplex, Matt Cidoni, quien participó desde Nueva estas fuentes y podréis llevar vuestro or- pero ciertamente no es muy buen anun- Jersey a través de Skype), y organizamos un denador más cerca de la histórica Sholes y cio. type-in en una cafetería local. Glidden a través del teclado QWERTY!) En febrero de 1923, se publicó un gran Tal vez no sepas que es un type-in. El anuncio en inglés, que anunciaba al públi- concepto fue desarrollado por Mike Mc- La máquina de escribir Hammond en los co que Ruys había sido nombrado agente Gettigan, quien organizó el primero de Países Bajos por Frank Notten exclusivo y distribuidor de máquinas de es- estos eventos en Filadelia el pasado 18 de cribir Corona. Este fue el principio del in diciembre. No es la típica reunión de co- La Dutch Royal Library acaba de con- de la máquina de escribir Hammond en los leccionistas, se hace énfasis en la mecano- cluir un gran proyecto de digitalización de Países Bajos. Parece incluso que la plega- grafía y se lleva a cabo en un lugar público, una gran selección de periódicos holande- ble Hammond, introducida en los EE.UU. como una cafetería, una librería, o en un ses (http://kranten.kb.nl). Cuando descubrí en 1923, nunca llegó a los Países Bajos: no bar. El público es invitado a pasar y a me- esta fuente, me decidí a buscar más infor- he encontrado un solo rastro de esta má- canograiar. mación sobre la máquina de escribir Multi- quina en la prensa holandesa. En una libre- El type-in de Filadelia ha tenido reper- plex Hammond y la compañía holandesa que ta de direcciones publicada el 1 de mayo cusión en la prensa (periódicos, NPR) y las importaba a los Países Bajos: JA Ruys, 1924 para el Ayuntamiento de de IJsselmon- desde entonces ha sido imitado en el es- Handelsvereeniging, de Rotterdam. Me que- de, Ruys puso muchos anuncios pequeños, tado de Washington, en Phoenix, en Staten Is- dé sorprendido con la información que he todos de máquinas de escribir, incluyendo land, y aquí en Cincinnati. encontrado. uno para la Hammond. Este fue el último En nuestro propio evento donde Mike Según un artículo de 1924, GH Voor- anuncio de Hammond que he encontrado Brown, editor de Typex y técnico, dio al- hoeve, presidente de una empresa dedicada en la prensa holandesa, y supongo que po- gunos consejos de reparación útiles, había a la harina, fue a los EE.UU. y obtuvo la dría haber servido para vender algún stock máquinas de escribir instaladas para ser licencia para vender esta máquina de es- de máquinas restante. utilizadas por los desconcertados clientes cribir cuando volvió a su país en 1891. En El 8 de diciembre de 1925, el destino del café, y redactamos cartas, blogs, y otras 1904, Jacob Adolf Ruys (en ese momento un ayudó a Ruys a deshacerse de cualquier cosas en papel con antiguos membretes empleado y sobrino de Voorhoeve) separó el posible resto de Hammonds, cuando un proporcionados por Peter Weil. Creo que negocio de importación de máquinas Ha- gran incendio destruyó los cinco pisos del estos acontecimientos tienen un papel im- mmond de la compañía Voorhoeve y fundó ediicio Ruys. Varios diarios cubrieron el portante en el despertar del público en la Ruys Handelsvereeniging. El primer anuncio desastre que afortunadamente no causó existencia y uso de máquinas de escribir, que he encontrado de Ruys relacionado ni muertos ni heridos. La única persona y en el hecho de que exista una pequeña con Hammond fue publicado el 17 de no- presente, un conserje, literalmente, logró comunidad de admiradores. Un silencio- viembre de 1904. escapar de las llamas lanzando una máqui- so renacimiento de la máquina de escribir El primer anuncio holandés de la Mul- na de escribir a través de la ventana de la está en marcha, y los type-in ayudan a darle tiplex fue publicado el 1 de abril de 1914 tienda. No se conoce el número de máqui- un impulso y protagonismo. (Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant). Esto data nas de escribir Hammond que se quemaron Otra idea que ha estado lotando es un el comienzo de las Múltiplex en 1914 ó 1913. en este incendio. La empresa sobrevivió al “lash mob” de máquinas de escribir: un gru- Dice así: “lo más novedoso en el área de la má- fuego y se convirtió en el agente holandés po de mecanógrafos invadiendo un lugar quina de escribir es la Multiplex Hammond. de éxito para las máquinas de escribir Oli- vetti de las próximas décadas. ta en la parte inferior de la placa de índice, do algunos intentos intermedios en sus 14 Lo que más me sorprendió durante mi cuidadosamente hecha a mano en made- años previos de participación en el campo investigación online fueron la gran cantidad ra, latón y metal pulido. El índice se pue- de la máquina de escribir. de anuncios para la contratación de meca- de mover mediante un mango de madera, Además, aunque ciertamente hay di- nógrafos junior, pidiendo explícitamente mientras que el puntero, que también fun- ferencias entre este modelo y la máquina la capacidad de escribir en una máquina ciona como martillo, se ija en su lugar. El de escribir Hall real, también hay varias de escribir Hammond. J.A. Ruys al parecer, carro se mueve mediante un resorte sim- características en las que son totalmente fue un hombre de negocios inteligente, ple. La máquina mide 11“ por 5 ¼“ por 1 ¼“, coherentes con el modelo de producción porque de acuerdo con muchos anuncios, lo que sugiere que pudiera tratarse de una inal y, por tanto, encajan perfectamente su empresa no sólo vendía máquinas de es- máquina prototipo o de demostración de con la hipótesis de que pudiera tratarse de cribir Hammond nuevas, sino que también algún tipo, posiblemente un modelo de un prototipo Hall. La más evidente es el impartía clases de mecanografía Hammond, patente presentada a la oicina de patentes diseño del índice cuadrado, con el mango asegurando un grupo de clientes leales. de EE.UU.: de hecho, los modelos para pa- anatómico en la parte inferior y con la pla- También es interesante recorrer los anun- tentes eran invenciones en miniatura que ca de caracteres de goma ijada en la parte cios de los periódicos que vendían Ham- tenían que medir no más de 12 “ cuadrados. inferior de la placa de índice, imprimiendo monds de segunda mano, que van desde 275 Desafortunadamente, una concienzuda a través de un oriicio en el marco de me- lorines en el comienzo del siglo hasta un búsqueda entre las patentes de EE.UU. no tal. Pero esto no es nada comparado con mínimo de 50 lorines en los años veinte. ha aportado pruebas de ello. Por lo tanto, la similitud más sorprendente, que se en- Parece que en ese momento, la máquina la fecha exacta de fabricación y el nombre cuentra al observar el rodillo de goma y el de escribir Hammond era una máquina de del inventor siguen siendo desconocidos. resorte metálico que sujeta el papel y que escribir muy común y muy utilizado en los Han sido contactados varios de los se puede empujar para asegurar el papel. Países Bajos. principales coleccionistas y expertos de Este es una rasgo característico de la má- todo el mundo para tratar de obtener al- quina Hall. ¿Qué probabilidad hay de que Varias veces, los periódicos holandeses guna información sobre la máquina y se dos personas pudieran llegar a esa misma han publicado historias sobre las aventuras han propuesto unas cuantas teorías de lo idea? Lo mismo ocurre con la rueda del del excéntrico inventor de la máquina de que podría ser.
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