SORRY, SOLD! 1950 Swissa Piccola designed by Max Bill
This is a lovely, Swiss manufactured, portable SWISSA Piccola typewriter from the middle of the last century. It is working perfectly and ready to type! The smoothness of the Swiss engineering and manufacture has to be experienced to be believed. Smooth, solid and quiet; a real joy to type with. This typewriter has been fully cleaned, adjusted and carefully serviced inside and out, and has a new ribbon so you can start typing immediately. All technical aspects have been tested and are working as originally.
On the bottom of this Piccola you will see a small metal seal attached to the typewriter. This is the official Swissa factory seal. It is marvelous that it is still intact on this typewriter and gives some indication as to the care in which this typewriter was cared for and used over the years.
This typewriter has the QWERTY (US/UK) keyboard and the typeface is PICA 10 cpi. (see example in photos) The keyboard has all the accents needed for most European languages. We have outfitted this machine with a new, bi-colour ribbon on one of its original metal ribbon spools. You can see in the photo how nice the typing looks on paper: dark, crisp and clear.
This machine is from 1950 the first year of production for the "Piccola" model. This model typewriter proved so popular that it was subsequently marketed as by Oliver and Japy, and was also sold as the Patria and the Voss Privat. The designer of this typewriter was Max Bill, a renowned Swiss designer, architect and artist. For interesting historical perspectives on the Piccola, please see:
https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2012/04/going-cuckoo-over-swissa-piccola.html
This SWISSA Piccola comes with its original hard case in good condition—strong and safe. It has some cosmetic wear but is still a solid, very usable case.
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